Axial loaded imaging of the lumbar spine 18 years later. Is it still a valuable examination?
This paper reviews experience with 12100 Axial Loader (AL) studies of the lumbar spine both in CT and in MRI 18 years after the development of axial loaded CT and MRI. The Axial Loader device is described together with the CT and MR acquisitions. Disc, intersomatic and articular facet changes are described with a breakdown of the classification of abnormalities as elementary or complex dynamic modifications.
Neuroradiology Unit, Belcolle Hospital; Viterbo, Italy - Radiology Unit, S. Giovanni Hospital - EOC; Bellinzona, Switzerland - roberto.cartolari@libero.it.
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