Covering the entire spectrum of this fast-changing field, Diagnostic Imaging: Spine, fourth edition, is an invaluable resource for general radiologists, neuroradiologists, and trainees-anyone who requires an easily accessible, highly visual reference on today's spinal imaging. Drs. Jeffrey Ross, Kevin Moore, and their team of highly regarded experts provide updated information on disease identification and imaging techniques to help you make informed decisions at the point of care. The text is lavishly illustrated, delineated, and referenced, making it a useful learning tool as well as a handy reference for daily practice.

• Serves as a one-stop resource for key concepts and information on radiologic imaging and interpretation of spine, spinal cord, and bony vertebral conditions
• Features more than 2,600 full-color illustrations, including radiologic, pathologic, and clinical images
• Contains new chapters on recent surgery protocols such as spine instability neoplastic scoring (SINS) and epidural spinal cord compression scale (ESSC)
• Features updates from cover to cover including revisions in accordance with new information on inflammatory and autoimmune disorders and systemic manifestations of diseases
• Provides expanded imaging details for metastatic diseases to accommodate recent significant changes, including new categories of oncologic surgery driven by the use of proton beam radiotherapy, PET MR as a diagnostic modality, and new FDA-approved hardware
• Includes new information on areas of demyelinating diseases related to better understanding of MS, neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, and anti-MOG disorders; a variety of spinal CSF leak pathologies that cause intracranial hypotension; genetic and disease information on schwannomatosis; and much more
• Uses bulleted, succinct text and highly templated chapters for quick comprehension of essential information at the point of care

Jeffrey S. Ross, MD, is the returning co-lead for this edition. He is Professor of Radiology at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science and practices neuroradiology at the Mayo Clinic. Ross was an AJNR Senior Editor from 2006-2015, is a member of the editorial board for 3 other journals, and a manuscript reviewer for 10 journals. He became Editor-in-Chief of the AJNR in July 2015. He received the Gold Medal Award from the ASSR in 2013.

Normal Anatomical Variations

Normal Anatomy

Measurement Techniques

MR Artifacts

Normal Variant

Craniovertebral Junction Variants

Ponticulus Posticus

Ossiculum Terminale

Conjoined Nerve Roots

Limbus Vertebra

Filum Terminale Fibrolipoma

Bone Island

Ventriculus Terminalis

Chiari Disorders

Chiari 0

Chiari 1

Complex Chiari

Chiari 2

Chiari 3

Abnormalities of Neurulation

Approach to Spine and Spinal Cord Development

Myelomeningocele

Lipomyelomeningocele

Lipoma

Dorsal Dermal Sinus

Simple Coccygeal Dimple

Dermoid Cysts

Epidermoid Cysts

Anomalies of the Caudal Cell Mess

Tethered Spinal Cord

Segmental Spinal Dysgenesis

Caudal Regression Syndrome

Terminal Myelocystocele

Anterior Sacral Meningocele

Sacral Extradural Arachnoid Cyst

Sacrococcygeal Teratoma

Anomalies of Notochord and Vertebral Formation

Craniovertebral Junction Embryology

Paracondylar Process

Split Atlas

Klippel-Feil Spectrum

Failure of Vertebral Formation

Vertebral Segmentation Failure

Split Cord Malformation (formerly diastematomyelia)

Partial Vertebral Duplication

Incomplete Fusion, Posterior Element

Neurenteric Cyst

Developmental Abnormalities

Os Odontoideum

Lateral Meningocele

Dorsal Spinal Meningocele

Dural Dysplasia

Genetic Disorders

Neurofibromatosis Type 1

Neurofibromatosis Type 2

NEW

Schwannomatosis

Achondroplasia

Mucopolysaccharidoses

Sickle Cell Disease

Osteogenesis Imperfecta

Tuberous Sclerosis

Osteopetrosis

Gaucher Disease

Ochronosis

Connective Tissue Disorders

Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia

Thanatophoric Dwarfism

Scoliosis and Kyphosis

Introduction to Scoliosis

Scoliosis

Kyphosis

Degenerative Scoliosis

Flat Back Syndrome

Scoliosis Instrumentation

Trauma

Vertebral Column, Discs, and Paraspinal Muscle

Fracture Classification

Atlantooccipital Dislocation

Ligamentous Injury

Occipital Condyle Fracture

Jefferson C1 Fracture

Atlantoaxial Rotatory Fixation

Odontoid C2 Fracture

Burst C2 Fracture

Hangman's C2 Fracture

Apophyseal Ring Fracture

Cervical Hyperflexion Injury

Cervical Hyperextension Injury

Cervical Hyperextension-Rotation Injury

Cervical Burst Fracture

Cervical Hyperflexion-Rotation Injury

Cervical Lateral Flexion Injury

Cervical Posterior Column Injury

Traumatic Disc Herniation

Thoracic and Lumbar Burst Fracture

Facet-Lamina Thoracolumbar Fracture

Fracture Dislocation

Chance Fracture

Thoracic and Lumbar Hyperextension Injury

Anterior Compression Fracture

Lateral Compression Fracture

Lumbar Facet-Posterior Fracture

Sacral Traumatic Fracture

Pedicle Stress Fracture

Sacral Insufficiency Fracture

Cord, Dura, and Vessels

SCIWORA

Post-Traumatic Syrinx

Presyrinx Edema

Spinal Cord Contusion-Hematoma

Idiopathic Spinal Cord Herniation

Central Spinal Cord Syndrome

Traumatic Dural Tear

Traumatic Epidural Hematoma

Traumatic Subdural Hematoma

Vascular Injury, Cervical

Traumatic Arteriovenous Fistula

Wallerian Degeneration

Degenerative Diseases and Arthritides

Degenerative Diseases

Nomenclature of Degenerative Disc Disease

Degenerative Disc Disease

Degenerative Endplate Changes

Degenerative Arthritis of the CVJ

Disc Bulge

Anular Fissure, Intervertebral Disc

Cervical Intervertebral Disc Herniation

Thoracic Intervertebral Disc Herniation

Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Herniation

Intervertebral Disc Extrusion, Foraminal

Cervical Facet Arthropathy

Lumbar Facet Arthropathy

Facet Joint Synovial Cyst

Baastrup Disease

Bertolotti Syndrome

Schmorl Node

Scheuermann Disease

Acquired Lumbar Central Stenosis

Congenital Spinal Stenosis

Cervical Spondylosis

DISH

OPLL

Ossification Ligamentum Flavum

Periodontoid Pseudotumor

Spondylolisthesis and Spondylolysis

Spondylolisthesis

Spondylolysis

Instability

Inflammatory, Crystalline, and Miscellaneous Arthritides

Adult Rheumatoid Arthritis

Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Spondyloarthropathy

Neurogenic (Charcot) Arthropathy

Hemodialysis Spondyloarthropathy

Ankylosing Spondylitis

CPPD

Gout

Longus Colli Calcific Tendinitis

Infection and Inflammatory Disorders

Infections

Pathways of Spread

Spinal Meningitis

Pyogenic Osteomyelitis

Tuberculous Osteomyelitis

Fungal and Miscellaneous Osteomyelitis

Osteomyelitis, C1-C2

Brucellar Spondylitis

Septic Facet Joint Arthritis

Paraspinal Abscess

Epidural Abscess

Subdural Abscess

Abscess, Spinal…