Normal spine imaging examples

This article lists examples of normal imaging of the spine and surrounding structures, divided by region and modality.

Cervical spine

• plain films
  • example 1: AP, lat, obliques only
  • example 2: PEG view
  • example 3: flexion and extension views only
  • example 4: paediatric - 12 years old
  • example 5: including Swimmer's view
• CT
  • example 1: sag bone and soft tissue, axial bone
  • example 2: sag and axial bone and soft tissue, cor bone
  • example 3: sag and cor bone and soft tissue, axial soft tissue
  • example 4: sag and cor bone and soft tissue, axial soft tissue
  • example 5: paediatric (3 years-old)
  • example 6: sag, cor, sag bone
  • example 7: teenager
  • example 8: paediatric (12-year-old)
• MRI
  • example 1: with contrast, non-fat sat
  • example 2: sag T1, T2, STIR only
  • example 3: sag T1 and T2, axial T2
  • example 4: including Dixon method and CT
  • example 5: infection protocol including DWI/ADC

Brachial plexus

• MRI
  • example 1: including Dixon method

Thoracic spine

• plain films
  • example 1: AP and lateral
  • example 2: AP and lateral ( with anatomical annotations )
  • example 3: lateral
  • example 4: lateral and example 5 AP
• CT
  • example 1: axial, sag, and cor bone
  • example 2: axial, sag, and cor bone and soft tissue
• MRI
  • example 1: with contrast, non-fat sat

Lumbosacral spine

• plain films
  • example 1: AP, lateral in a young patient
  • example 2: lateral sacrum
  • example 3: AP and example 4: lateral
  • example 5: (paediatric, lateral)
• CT
  • example 1: axial, sag, cor bone and axial, sag soft tissue
  • example 2: bone and soft tissue all planes
• MRI
  • example 1: non contrast
  • example 2: non contrast
  • example 3: non contrast 3T3 T

Full-length spine

• plain films
  • example 1 (infant)
• CT
  • example 1 (only C7 - coccyx)
  • example 2 ( thoracolumbar - MPR bone and soft tissue )
  • CT myelogram: example needed
• MRI
  • example 1: sag T1 and T2 (single image)
  • MR myelogram: example 1
  • example 2: whole spine T1,T2 and TIRM (3T(3 T)