MR imaging has rapidly become the modality of choice in the evaluation of the spine in recent years because of its excellent soft tissue contrast. It provides high definition of the spine anatomy and with the appropriate choice of sequences, it provides good lesion detection and characterisation.

In the spine, it proves to be very helpful in conditions like : congenital malformatins, neoplasms, vascular malformation, infective conditions, demyelination and other myelopathy, truama and haemorrhage, degenerative spine disease and disc herniations etc.

Sagittal and axial T2 weighted images of the thoracic spinal cord showing changes from transverse myelitis.

Sagittal STIR and axial T2 weighted images of the cervical spine showing changes from subacute combined degeneration of the cervical spinal cord.

Sagittal post-contrast T1 weighted and pre-contrast T2 weighted images of the cervical spine showing an epidural abscess.

Sagittal T2 and T1 weighted images of the lumbo-sacral region showing spinal dysrathysm with lipomeningocoele, intrathecal lipoma, tethered cord and distal syrinx.

Sagittal STIR and T2 weighted images of the thoracic spine showing intradural arterio-venous malformation.

Sagittal T2 and post-contrast T1 weighted images of the cervical showing a low grade astrocytoma.

Sagittal T2 weighted image of the thoracic spine showing tuberculous spondylitis (AD)

Sagittal T2 weighted images of the cervical spine showing small areas of demyelination from multiple sclerosis.

Sagittal images of the spine.