Magnetic resonance imaging of intervertebral disk disease: clinical and pulse sequence considerations

Conference · Sun Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1984 · Radiology; (United States)

OSTI ID:6669629

Modic, M T; Pavlicek, W; Weinstein, M A; Boumphrey, F; Ngo, F; Hardy, R; Duchesneau, P M

Sixty-five patients were examined with magnetic resonance imaging (MR) to determine what combination of operator-selectable controls would result in a thorough examination of the intervertebral disks. There were 20 normal subjects, 8 with degenerative lumbar disk disease, 27 with both degeneration and herniation, 5 with stenosis of the spinal canal, and 5 with disk space infection. Comparison with radiographs, high-resolution CT scans, and myelograms showed that MR was the most sensitive for identification of degeneration and disk space infection, separating the normal nucleus pulposus from the annulus and degenerated disk. Herniation, stenosis of the canal, and scarring can be identified as accurately with MR as with CT or myeolography.

• Research Organization: Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH
• OSTI ID: 6669629
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Radiology; (United States) Journal Volume: 152:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY
BODY
COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY
DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
MAGNETIC RESONANCE
MEDICINE
NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ORGANS
PATIENTS
RADIOLOGY
RESONANCE
SKELETAL DISEASES
SKELETON
TOMOGRAPHY
VERTEBRAE