Table 1. Baseline T2, T1rho, and ADC values (mean ± SD) per ROI and disc level.

ROI	Level	T2 (ms)	T1rho (ms)	ADC (x10-3 mm2/s)
NP	L2-L3	65.8 ± 10.3	133.2 ± 24.2	1.2 ± 0.2
	L3-L4	61.6 ± 11.7	122.6 ± 42.3	1.3 ± 0.2
	L4-L5	63.4 ± 10.7	130.1 ± 25.3	1.2 ± 0.2
iAF	L2-L3	40.2 ± 4.9	74.8 ± 7.2	1.2 ± 0.1
	L3-L4	40.6 ± 7.2	75.1 ± 8.2	1.1 ± 0.2
	L4-L5	40.2 ± 4.7	73.8 ± 6.1	1.2 ± 0.1
oAFa	L2-L3	26.0 ± 4.1	36.0 ± 5.4	1.1 ± 0.4
	L3-L4	26.7 ± 2.7	37.3 ± 3.8	1.0 ± 0.2
	L4-L5	24.2 ± 5.4	34.8 ± 3.0	1.0 ± 0.4
oAFl	L2-L3	30.6 ± 5.4	49.0 ± 12.0	1.2 ± 0.3
	L3-L4	27.5 ± 5.7	44.0 ± 6.0	1.0 ± 0.1
	L4-L5	30.3 ± 3.1	44.5 ± 6.9	1.1 ± 0.3
oAFp	L2-L3	27.8 ± 3.1	40.8 ± 5.7	1.1 ± 0.3
	L3-L4	26.3 ± 2.9	39.2 ± 3.5	1.0 ± 0.2
	L4-L5	27.2 ± 3.2	38.5 ± 4.5	1.0 ± 0.3