title: [Tomodensitometry and spinal pathology].
abstract: The authors describe the possibilities and the limitations of the "scanner" in spinal pathology. Use of the third dimension and the certainty of absolute measurements, make this a very interesting method that can be applied to several areas of spinal pathology, especially traumatology and detection of primary and secondary tumors. It seems that this technique may be used in particular in the study of canal stenoses. There are future possibilities in view for segmentary densitometry, which gives better results than overall scintigraphy, especially in locating metastases. At present, studies are underway using contrast solution in order to study the possibilities of interpreting the content-container relationship.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013131:Spine / Q000002:abnormalities; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
vernacular_title: Tomodensitométrie et pathologie rachidienne.