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Updates and Controversies in Spinal Imaging

Updates and Controversies in Spinal Imaging Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging 11(4): 213–217 © 2000 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc., Philadelphia Barton Lane, M.D., F.A.C.R. Spinal imaging has become one of the most important middle-field-strength unit to assess the dynamics of the and widely used diagnostic modalities, thanks to the lumbar spine in a sitting position. The patient sits in a prevalence of back disorders in the population. One would specially designed chair within the double-donut imaging think that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), with its volume and can, with weight-bearing, perform flexion- exquisite delineation of detailed anatomy and pathology, extension and neutral maneuvers (Fig. 2). Some authors would be the complete and sufficient test for spinal dis- have developed a classification system for cervical spon- orders. However, as with most things in medicine, the dylitic myelopathy as assessed by kinematic MRI (4). picture is not so simple. In this issue of Topics in Magnetic These physiological studies help to elucidate the signifi- Resonance Imaging, we explore the latest controversies in cance and mechanisms of degenerative disease upon cer- spinal MRI. Drs. Jonathan Breslau and David Seiden- vical cord compression, but the clinical usefulness in neu- wurm address the socioeconomic aspects of spinal imag- rosurgical planning http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging Wolters Kluwer Health

Updates and Controversies in Spinal Imaging

Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Volume 11 (4) – Aug 1, 2000

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Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging 11(4): 213–217 © 2000 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc., Philadelphia Barton Lane, M.D., F.A.C.R. Spinal imaging has become one of the most important middle-field-strength unit to assess the dynamics of the and widely used diagnostic modalities, thanks to the lumbar spine in a sitting position. The patient sits in a prevalence of back disorders in the population. One would specially designed chair within the double-donut imaging think that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), with its volume and can, with weight-bearing, perform flexion- exquisite delineation of detailed anatomy and pathology, extension and neutral maneuvers (Fig. 2). Some authors would be the complete and sufficient test for spinal dis- have developed a classification system for cervical spon- orders. However, as with most things in medicine, the dylitic myelopathy as assessed by kinematic MRI (4). picture is not so simple. In this issue of Topics in Magnetic These physiological studies help to elucidate the signifi- Resonance Imaging, we explore the latest controversies in cance and mechanisms of degenerative disease upon cer- spinal MRI. Drs. Jonathan Breslau and David Seiden- vical cord compression, but the clinical usefulness in neu- wurm address the socioeconomic aspects of spinal imag- rosurgical planning

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Published: Aug 1, 2000

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