title: [Surface coils in magnetic resonance diagnosis of spinal space-occupying lesions].
abstract: 190 patients underwent MRI of the spine. In 119 cases pathological changes were detected. 82 of these were located in the extradural compartment, 14 were found in the intradural-extramedullary space and 23 were situated inside the myelon. Routinely, spin echo sequence were performed in sagittal direction (T1-weighted images as well as T2-weighted images), in about 20% combined with transverse sections. All patients were investigated using surface coils of 20 X 40 or 15 X 45 cm; Using a field of view of 350 mm, spatial resolution was 1.3 mm per pixel. The quality of images obtained in this way was clearly superior to techniques using the body coil.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000473:pathology; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008579:Meningioma / Q000473:pathology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D013131:Spine / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Oberflächenspulen in der Magnetresonanzdiagnostik spinaler Raumforderungen.