CLINICAL MR IMAGING OF DEGENERATIVE SPINAL-DISEASE - PULSE SEQUENCES, GRADIENT-ECHO TECHNIQUES, AND CONTRAST AGENTS

被引:13
作者
ROSS, JS
TKACH, J
VANDYKE, C
MODIC, MT
机构
[1] Division of Radiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106
[2] Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Cleveland
来源
JMRI-JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING | 1991年 / 1卷 / 01期
关键词
CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; GADOLINIUM; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; PULSE SEQUENCES; SPINE; DISEASES; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKS; MR STUDIES; 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;
D O I
10.1002/jmri.1880010104
中图分类号
R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;
摘要
DEGENERATION OF THE INTERVERTEBRAL disk is a ubiquitous process, seen at autopsy in 97% of adults by age 49 years (1). Low back pain is the most expensive health care problem in patients 20-50 years old, with $14 billion spent yearly on treatment and compensation (2). The greatest costs connected with low back pain occur in patients who have pain longer than 3 months and in those with recurrent pain episodes (3). Approximately 5.2 million people are disabled by back pain (3-5). These statistics indicate that the accurate diagnosis of back pain disease is obviously of great importance. In the diagnosis of disk degeneration and its sequelae, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging has become a key ingredient. The utility of conventional two-dimensional spin-echo MR imaging of the spine has been firmly established for extradural disease (6-8). Gradient-echo techniques have more recently been used to enhance the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)-extradural interface in the evaluation of degenerative disease (9-13). Some of the new imaging findings and concepts regarding the use of contrast material and three-dimensional techniques in the evaluation of degenerative disease of the spine are reviewed.
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