title: [Spine neuroimaging: computed tomography diagnostic signs].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Computed tomography (CT) scans of the spine are among the most frequently performed neuroradiologic exams, studying several pathologies namely degenerative diseases. Specific signs in spine imaging initially described in conventional radiology can be applied to CT scans. The main goal of this work was their identification and characterization.
  
  
  METHODS
  A review of the main imagiological signs in CT scans of the spine was performed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The authors described those imagiological signs and correlated them with their associated pathologies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The knowledge of these signs is extremely important to neuroradiologists as they often constitute important diagnostic clues in several pathologies.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Neurorradiologia, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, EP - Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: Joana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barata Tavares
authors.forename: Carolina M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Inês
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Cordeiro
authors.forename: Sofia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reimão
authors.forename: Jorge G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Campos
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D059906:Neuroimaging; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed