Neurológia pre prax 6/2017
Spinal imaging
Review article sumarises recent imaging possibilities of spinal cord and its diseases. The stress is put on the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as the only method for spinal cord leasion visualisation. Both basic and advanced MRI techniques and sequencies are explained, possible drawbacks included. The short differential of common spinal cord leasions in MRI is discussed at the end.
Keywords: spinal cord, diagnostic imaging, magnetic resonance imaging