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(a) Axial T2-weighted image that shows a bulging disc at the L3–L4 level in a 48-year-old female patient; (b) fractional anisotropy in diffusion tensor imaging at the same level shows the presence of a radial annular fissure with partial herniation of the nucleus pulposus near the edge of the disc at the level of the right far lateral zone (white arrow).
