MR Imaging and Radiographic Imaging of Degenerative Spine Disorders and Spine Alignment

Fabio Galbusera; Alessio Lovi; Tito Bassani; Marco Brayda-Bruno

doi:10.1016/j.mric.2016.04.002

MR Imaging and Radiographic Imaging of Degenerative Spine Disorders and Spine Alignment

Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am. 2016 Aug;24(3):515-22. doi: 10.1016/j.mric.2016.04.002.

Authors

Fabio Galbusera¹, Alessio Lovi², Tito Bassani¹, Marco Brayda-Bruno³

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Biological Structures Mechanics, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, via Galeazzi 4, 20161 Milan, Italy.
² Department of Spine Surgery III, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, via Galeazzi 4, 20161 Milan, Italy.
³ Department of Spine Surgery III, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, via Galeazzi 4, 20161 Milan, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 27417398
DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2016.04.002

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.

Keywords: Compensatory mechanisms; Pelvic incidence; Sagittal alignment; Sagittal balance; Spinopelvic parameters.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Radiography*
Spinal Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Spine / abnormalities*
Spine / anatomy & histology
Spine / diagnostic imaging*