Application of molybdenum target X-ray photography in imaging analysis of caudal intervertebral disc degeneration in rats

Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the approach to establish rat caudal intervertebral disc degeneration. A: Needle puncture of the intervertebral disc; B: Endplate destruction; and C: Molybdenum target X-ray photography in rats.

Figure 2 Measurement of mean intervertebral disc space height.

Figure 3 Imaging of the normal rat tail. A: Magnetic resonance imaging; B: Conventional plain X-ray image; and C: Molybdenum target plain X-ray image.

Figure 4 Imaging of the two models. Magnetic resonance imaging, molybdenum target plain X-ray images and conventional plain X-ray images. A: The needle-puncture injury-induced degeneration model; B: The endplate destruction-induced degeneration model; C: Statistics defining images of the needle-puncture injury-induced degeneration model (n = 9, ^aTable 1: McNemar's test); and D: Statistics defining images of the endplate destruction-induced degeneration model (n = 10, ^aTable 1: McNemar's test).

Figure 5 Schematic diagram of molybdenum target X-ray photograph of small joints and bones in the palms and the bones and joints in the whole body of the rats.