title: [Imaging for back pain].
abstract: Next to conventional x-ray examinations, modern imaging modalities as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) play an important role in the assessment of back pain. Guidelines and recommendations should be helpful for the - not always simple - indication for imaging for back pain. However, the latter have to be individually adapted regarding clinical symptoms and appearance for every patient. Choosing the adequate imaging modality depends on several criteria, as the suspected- and differential diagnosis, the acuteness, age of patient and the temporal availability of the examination.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie, UniversitätsSpital Zürich. sebastian.winklhofer@usz.ch
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Winklhofer
authors.forename: Gustav
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Andreisek
mesh_terms: D001416:Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D013131:Spine / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*