Susceptibility-weighted imaging: an emerging technique for evaluation of the spine and spinal cord

Br J Radiol. 2022 Sep 1;95(1138):20211294. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20211294. Epub 2022 Jul 26.

Abstract

We present the application of three-dimensional susceptibility-weighted imaging technique for evaluation of pathologies of the spine and spinal cord. This work focuses on the advantage of this imaging technique as an adjunct to the conventional imaging to evaluate various disorders of the spine and spinal cord like trauma, degenerative diseases, vascular malformations, and tumours, where susceptibility-weighted imaging may offer valuable harmonising evidence that may be helpful in the diagnosis and management of the patients with these pathologies.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Spinal Cord Diseases* / diagnostic imaging
  • Spinal Cord* / diagnostic imaging
  • Spinal Cord* / pathology
  • Spine / diagnostic imaging