title: [Pitfalls and special features of modern imaging diagnostics of the upper cervical spine].
abstract: Recent technical developments led to a change in the significance of the different imaging modalities in the whole spectrum of neuroradiology and thus also in the field of imaging of the cervical spine. The main part in diagnostic imaging of the upper cervical spine is taken by high-resolution multislice CT and MRI. Conventional X-rays serve as an initial screening technique if required.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Hochschulambulanz für Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin, Charité, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin. andreas.schilling@charite.de
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Schilling
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Heidenreich
authors.forename: K-J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Wolf
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D001268:Atlanto-Axial Joint; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries; D002817:Chordoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009192:Myelography; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016135:Spinal Dysraphism / Q000175:diagnosis; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging