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Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Spine

Dr. Cousins is Neuroradiology Fellow, Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, WI. Dr. Haughton is Professor, Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison.

None of the following authors or a member of their immediate families has received anything of value from or owns stock in a commercial company or institution related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article: Dr. Cousins and Dr. Haughton.

Reprint requests: Dr. Haughton, Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792.

Historically, magnetic resonance imaging has offered poor specificity in the diagnosis of back pain. Researchers currently are engaged in developing new techniques, and clinicians are successfully utilizing existing technologies (ie, diffusion-weighted imaging) that previously were not used to evaluate the spine. Magnetic resonance imaging may be used in several spinal applications: intervertebral disk and facet joint degeneration, spinal canal stenosis, suspected diskitis or osteomyelitis, suspected spinal column neoplasia, vascular disorders, trauma, and demyelinating disease.