title: MR Imaging and Radiographic Imaging of Degenerative Spine Disorders and Spine Alignment.
abstract: Advances in MR imaging technologies, as well as the widening of their availability, boosted their use in the diagnosis of spinal disorders and in the preoperative planning of spine surgeries. However, the most consolidated approach to the assessment of adult patients with spinal disorders is based on the analysis of full standing radiographs (posteroanterior and laterolateral views). In this article, the radiographic spinal and pelvic parameters, which have relevance in the clinical management of adults with spinal disorders, are summarized.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biological Structures Mechanics, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, via Galeazzi 4, 20161 Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Galbusera
authors.affiliation: Department of Spine Surgery III, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, via Galeazzi 4, 20161 Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lovi
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biological Structures Mechanics, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, via Galeazzi 4, 20161 Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Tito
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bassani
authors.affiliation: Department of Spine Surgery III, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, via Galeazzi 4, 20161 Milan, Italy. Electronic address: marco.brayda@spinecaregroup.it.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brayda-Bruno
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011859:Radiography; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013131:Spine / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
keywords: Compensatory mechanisms; Pelvic incidence; Sagittal alignment; Sagittal balance; Spinopelvic parameters