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Determination of the lumbar indentation value (LIV). Representative axial T1-weighted fast spin-echo (FSE) image demonstrating the measurement of the LIV at the level of L3/L4, which amounted to 13.22 mm. The LIV is measured as the distance equal to the length of the bulge of the muscle to the attachment of the spinous process.
