title: MRI in acute and subacute post-traumatic spinal cord injury: pictorial review.
abstract: METHODS
  Pictorial review.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To illustrate MRI signs of acute and subacute injury with emphasis on evidence-based links to clinical outcome and implications for treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Description of important aspects of MRI techniques and illustration of critical MRI signs important in the assessment of spinal cord injury following trauma, in the acute and subacute stages.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Familiarity with cord MRI appearances has an important impact on planning the management of the acutely spinal cord injured patient and also identifying complications in the subacute phase particularly in the presence of neurological deterioration.
authors: Department of Neuroradiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Chandra
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Sheerin
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Lopez de Heredia
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Meagher
authors: D
authors: D
authors: King
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Belci
authors: R J
authors: RJ
authors: Hughes
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002908:Chronic Disease; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*