title: Imaging of Bone Marrow.
abstract: Bone marrow is the essential for function of hematopoiesis, which is vital for the normal functioning of the body. Bone marrow disorders or dysfunctions may be evaluated by blood workup, peripheral smears, marrow biopsy, plain radiographs, computed tomography (CT), MRI and nuclear medicine scan. It is important to distinguish normal spinal marrow from pathology to avoid missing a pathology or misinterpreting normal changes, either of which may result in further testing and increased health care costs. This article focuses on the diffuse bone marrow pathologies, because the majority of the bone marrow pathologies related to hematologic disorders are diffuse.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hershey Medical Center, The Pennsylvania State University, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, USA.
authors.forename: Sopo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hershey Medical Center, The Pennsylvania State University, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, USA.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ouyang
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hershey Medical Center, The Pennsylvania State University, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, USA; Department of Neurology, Hershey Medical Center, The Pennsylvania State University, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, USA. Electronic address: skanekar@hmc.psu.edu.
authors.forename: Sangam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kanekar
mesh_terms: D001855:Bone Marrow Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Anatomy; Bone marrow; Hematological malignancies; Imaging; Pathology; Techniques