Table Of ContentMRI Essentials for the Spine Specialist
MRI Essentials for the Spine Specialist
A. Jay Khanna, MD, MBA
Associate Professor
Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Division Chief
Johns Hopkins Orthopaedic and Spine Surgery–National Capital Region
Bethesda, Maryland
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MRI for spine surgeons and specialists / [edited by] A. Jay Khanna.
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Contents
Foreword ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Contributors xv
I Initial Considerations
1 Essentials of MRI Physics and Pulse Sequences 3
Shivani Ahlawat, Rick W. Obray, Douglas P. Beall, John D. Reeder, John A. Carrino,
and Laura M. Fayad
2 Normal Spine MRI Anatomy 19
Swati Deshmukh, John A. Carrino, J. Dana Dunleavy, and A. Jay Khanna
3 Common Clinical and Correlative Pain Generators of the Cervical and
Lumbosacral Spine 45
Josemaria Paterno, Chad M. Silverberg, A. Jay Khanna, and Aneesh K. Singla
4 A Systematic Approach to the Review of Spine MRI Studies 68
A. Jay Khanna
II Spine
5 The Occipitocervical Junction 87
Colin M. Haines, A. Jay Khanna, John A. Carrino, Shih-Chun David Lin,
and Joseph R. O’Brien
6 The Cervical Spine 111
Lukas P. Zebala, Jacob M. Buchowski, Aditya Daftary, Joseph R. O’Brien, John A. Carrino,
and A. Jay Khanna
7 The Lumbar and Thoracic Spine 155
Gbolahan O. Okubadejo, Aditya Daftary, Jacob M. Buchowski, John A. Carrino,
and A. Jay Khanna
8 Tumors of the Spine 211
Daniel M. Sciubba, Patricia L. Zadnik, Bruce A. Wasserman, and Ziya L. Gokaslan
9 MRI of the Pediatric Spine 237
A. Jay Khanna, Bruce A. Wasserman, and Paul D. Sponseller
III Special Conditions
10 Advanced Techniques in Spine MRI 253
Joseph P. Gjolaj and John A. Carrino
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viii Contents
11 Correlation of MRI with Other Imaging Studies 267
Shivani Ahlawat, Uma Srikumaran, A. Jay Khanna, and Laura M. Fayad
12 MRI Safety Considerations for the Referring Clinician 280
Monica D. Watkins and Bruce A. Wasserman
Glossary 289
Index 291
