Christopher J Hanrahan1, Lubdha M Shah. 1. Department of Radiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, 84132, USA. christopher.hanrahan@hsc.utah.edu
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this article is to review the structure of bone marrow and the differential diagnosis of bone marrow pathology on the basis of T1-weighted MRI patterns. CONCLUSION: Bone marrow is an organ that is evaluated routinely during MRI of the spine, particularly lumbar spine evaluation. Thus, it is one of the most commonly performed MRI examinations. T1-weighted MRI is a fundamental sequence in evaluating spinal marrow, and an understanding of T1-weighted MR signal abnormalities is important for the practicing radiologist.
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this article is to review the structure of bone marrow and the differential diagnosis of bone marrow pathology on the basis of T1-weighted MRI patterns. CONCLUSION: Bone marrow is an organ that is evaluated routinely during MRI of the spine, particularly lumbar spine evaluation. Thus, it is one of the most commonly performed MRI examinations. T1-weighted MRI is a fundamental sequence in evaluating spinal marrow, and an understanding of T1-weighted MR signal abnormalities is important for the practicing radiologist.
Authors: Robert D Boutin; Lawrence M White; Tal Laor; Damon J Spitz; Robert R Lopez-Ben; Kathryn J Stevens; Miriam A Bredella Journal: Eur Radiol Date: 2015-03-13 Impact factor: 5.315