The majority of MRIs of the cervical spine will be done for the evaluation of degenerative disc disease and do not require any contrast media, the latter is usually administered in the setting of tumors, infection and postoperative imaging such as suspected complications of spinal surgery. The mainstay in spinal imaging is T1 weighted and T2 weighted images. volume: includes the posterior pharyngeal wall and the ligamentum nuchae.angulation: parallel to the cervical spinal axis and transverse processes.volume: variable depends on the clinical question and/or the visible pathology.angulation: perpendicular to the cervical spine.volume: includes the whole vertebral bodies and the facet joints, in a craniocaudal direction, should include the craniocervical junction up to the second thoracic vertebra.angulation: parallel to the cervical spinal axis and the spinous processes.field of view (FOV): 200-240 (sagittal/coronal) 100-160 (axial)Ī typical MRI of the cervical spine might look as follows 1-4:.in-plane spatial resolution: ≤0.7 x 0.7 mm.Patient positioningĪn MRI of the cervical spine is usually conducted with the patient in the supine position. Some examinations might profit from the improved spatial and contrast resolution of 3 tesla. Postoperative examinations in patients with metallic implants, however, should be done on 1.5 tesla with metal artifact reduction sequence (MARS). Examinations of the spine are generally done on both 1.5 and 3.0 tesla systems.
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