magnetic resonance imaging spine

Indications

• *structural diseases of the spine & spinal cord
  • spinal cord neoplasm, meningeal neoplasm
  • syringomyelia
  • osteomyelitis of the spine
  • degenerative disc disease
  • herniated nucleus pulposis
  • nerve root compression with radiculopathy
  • cervical spine pannus
  • spinal cord compression

More general terms

• magnetic resonance imaging (MRI, diffusion-weighted MRI)