Fig. 6.

( a ) Sagittal T1-weighted turbo spin-echo (T1TSE) and ( b ) short tau inversion recovery (STIR) images of the lumbar spine in a 31-year-old female patient with low back pain. Level L5–S1 shows disk space loss and low disk signal intensity on STIR. The anterior part of the end plates shows adjacent bone marrow edema with reactive bone formation. Image is consistent with Modic type 1 changes.