title: Vascular Imaging Techniques of the Spinal Cord.
abstract: The various imaging techniques used to depict vascular lesions of the spinal cord are described in this article with particular emphasis on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), vascular sequences, and advantages of high-field MRI. Technical vascular protocols are discussed in computed tomography, MRI, and conventional angiography. The diverse magnetic resonance angiography protocols are presented as well as their findings, specificities, and pitfalls. A review of the vascular anatomy and the most common pathologies analyzed by magnetic resonance angiography and conventional angiography is described.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neuroradiology of the Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine of the Geneva University, Genève, Switzerland. Electronic address: maria.i.vargas@hcuge.ch.
authors.forename: Maria Isabel
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Vargas
authors.affiliation: Division of Neuroradiology of the Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine of the Geneva University, Genève, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Barnaure
authors.affiliation: Division of Radiology, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine of the Geneva University, Genève, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gariani
authors.affiliation: Division of Neuroradiology of the Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine of the Geneva University, Genève, Switzerland.
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boto
authors.affiliation: Division of Neuroradiology of the Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine of the Geneva University, Genève, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pellaton
authors.affiliation: Division of Radiology, Strasbourg University Hospitals, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Louis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Dietemann
authors.affiliation: Division of Neuroradiology of the Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine of the Geneva University, Genève, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Zsolt
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kulcsar
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000379:methods; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*