Spine segmentation and enumeration and normal variants.
This article provides a comprehensive review of spine segmentation and enumeration. This important and relatively underappreciated issue, when neglected, frequently results in confusion in vertebral numbering and ultimately may result in wrong segment interventions. The authors supplement this topic with a discussion of normal variants.
Musculoskeletal Radiology, The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. gthawai1@jhmi.edu
Gaurav K
GK
Thawait
Avneesh
A
Chhabra
John A
JA
Carrino
D054893:Cone-Beam Computed Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D013131:Spine / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging