title: Assessment of the spine with CT and MRI prior to interspinous/interlaminar spinal procedures: a pictorial review.
abstract: Imaging of the spine is increasingly available, whether as dedicated spine examinations or as studies that include the spine in the images obtained (e.g. CT abdomen). This pictorial review discusses imaging of the spine with CT and MRI and how prior review of this imaging can be helpful with potentially difficult spinal procedures. Pathologies illustrated include osteoarthritis, scoliosis, inflammatory spondyloarthropathies and post-operative spines.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Alexandra Hospital, Singapore. esoh@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Soh
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Karmakar
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D055013:Osteoarthritis, Spine / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D013131:Spine / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D025242:Spondylarthropathies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed