• Molecular intervertebral disc damage was associated with LBP and radiculopathy.• Patients with radiculopathy and LBP demonstrated a depletion of gagCEST values compared with healthy controls.• GagCEST imaging may be a non-invasive tool for investigation of degeneration processes of lumbar intervertebral discs (IVDs). GagCEST imaging may be an imaging biomarker for biochemical IVD alterations.
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