GROSS ANATOMY

RADIOLOGY IMAGING MODALITIES

OF THE SPINE

CERVICAL SPINE IMAGES

• CERVICAL PLAIN FILMS

• CERVICAL MYELOGRAM
• CERVICAL CT
• CERVICAL MRI
CERVICAL SPINE
“AP” VIEW MASTOID AIR CELLS

FACET JOINTS
FACET JOINTS

C-4

AIR IN TRACHEA

SPINOUS PROCESS
PEDICLES

CLAVICLES
CERVICAL SPINE
LATERAL VIEW

DENS

SPINOUS PROCESS
C-4

DISC SPACE

C-7

TRACHEA
CERVICAL SPINE
OBLIQUE VIEW

FACET JOINTS

PEDICLES
FORAMINA
C-5

TRACHEA
T-1
CERVICAL SPINE
OBLIQUE VIEW SKULL

FORAMINA

FACET JOINTS

PEDICLES

C-7

FIRST RIB
TRACHEA
“AP”ODONTIOD VIEW

DENS LATERAL MASS OF C-1

MANDIBLE
C-2
CERVICAL MYELOGRAM
AP VIEWc
IODINATED CONTRAST IN THE THECAL SAC

MANDIBLE

POST OP- PLATE

NERVE ROOTS

CORD
THECAL SAC
CERVICAL MYELOGRAM
LATERAL VIEW

IODINATED CONTRAST
IN THECAL SAC

C-2

C-3-4 DISC

THECAL SAC

POST OF FUSION
C-5-6
 CT- CERVICAL SPINE
C-1 SECTION

ARCH OF C-1

DENS

BASE OF SKULL

MASTOID

AXIAL SAGITTAL
 CT-- CERVICAL SPINE
C-2 SECTION

C-2 BODY

DEGENERATED
C6-7

C-2 SPINOUS PROCESS

AXIAL SAGITTAL
 CT– CERVICAL SPINE
C2-3 INTERVERTEBRAL DISC

FORAMEN
DISC
FORAMEN

FACET JOINT
FACET JOINT

SPINOUS PROCESS

AXIAL SAGITTAL
 CT– CERVICAL SPINE
C- 3 SECTION

PEDICLE
PEDICLE

LAMINA

AXIAL SAGITTAL
MRI– CERVICAL SPINE
AXIAL

THECAL SAC

CORD
 MRI– CERVICAL SPINE
AXIAL

FORAMEN FORAMEN

DISC

FACET JOINT
FACET JOINT

SPINOUS PROCESS
MRI CERVICAL SPINE
AXIAL

CORD

LAMINA
MRI—CERVICAL SPINE
SAGITTAL-midline

THECAL SAC

SPINAL CORD

DISC
MRI– CERVICAL SPINE
SAGITTAL-midline

C-7

T-1
MRI—CERVICAL SPINE
SAGITTAL-lateral

FACET JOINTS
THORACIC SPINE IMAGES

• THORACIC PLAIN FILMS

THORACIC SPINE
AP VIEW

CLAVICAL

PEDICLE OF T-7 PEDICLE OF T-7

SPINOUS
PROCESS DISC SPACE
T-11

12 th rib
LATERAL
THORACIC SPINE

CLAVICAL

PEDICLE

DISC SPACE

VERTEBRAL BODY

RIB
SPINOUS PROCESS
 SKULL

THORACIC SPINE C-1

SWIMMERS VIEW

HEAD OF HUMERUS

C-4

C-7
CLAVICAL
LUMBAR SPINE IMAGES

• LUMBAR PLAIN FILMS

• LUMBAR MYELOGRAM
• LUMBAR CT— POST MYELOGRAM
• LUMBAR MRI
LUMBAR SPINE
AP VIEW

T-12
RIB

L-1

PEDICLES
TRANSVERSE PROCESS

DISC SPACE

SPINOUS PROCESS
S-I JOINTS

SACRUM
LUMBAR SPINE
LATERAL VIEW RIB
L-1

FORAMEN

DISK SPACE
FACET JOINT OF L-3 – L-4

L-5

SACRUM
LUMBAR SPINE
SPOT VIEW

L-5

SACRUM

DISC SPACE
 LUMBAR MYELOGRAM
AP VIEW

IODINATED
CONTRAST IN
THECAL SAC

THECAL SAC

NERVE ROOTS
 LUMBAR MYELOGRAM
LATERAL VIEW

IODINATED
CONTRAST IN
THECAL SAC

DISC
Thecal sac

L-5

S-1
CT- LUMBAR SPINE
POST MYELOGRAM

DISC

SPINOUS
PROCESS
CT- LUMBAR SPINE
POST MYELOGRAM

FORAMEN FORAMEN
CT-LUMBAR SPINE
POST MYELOGRAM

THECAL SAC

LAMINA LAMINA
CT- LUMBAR SPINE
POST MYELOGRAM

FACET JOINTS
CT- LUMBAR SPINE
POST MYELOGRAM

PEDICLE PEDICLE

NERVE ROOTS
MRI – LUMBAR SPINE
AXIAL VIEW

DISC
FACET JOINTS

LAMINA
 MRI – LUMBAR SPINE
AXIAL VIEW

THECAL SAC
NERVE ROOTS
MRI – LUMBAR SPINE
AXIAL VIEW

NERVE ROOTS

FORAMEN
 MRI– LUMBAR SPINE
SAGITTAL

SPINAL CORD

BULGING DISC
 MRI- LUMBAR SPINE
SAGITTAL

L-3 – L-4
DISC

L-4 - L-5
DISC
L-5

S-1