Refresher Course: Musculoskeletal

RC 1510 - Spine imaging

March 6, 14:00 - 15:00 CET

5 min
Chairperson's introduction
Radhesh Krishna Lalam, Oswestry / United Kingdom
15 min
Inflammatory arthropathy: current imaging trends and protocols
Monique Reijnierse, Leiden / Netherlands
  1. To appreciate the role of different imaging modalities in the diagnosis of inflammatory arthropathy of the spine.
  2. To make you aware of the optimal MRI protocols for detecting early disease.
  3. To understand the place of imaging in the overall diagnosis and monitoring of patients with inflammatory arthropathy.
15 min
Imaging of spinal trauma
Maria Tzalonikou, Athens / Greece
  1. To discuss the optimal modalities for imaging of spinal trauma.
  2. To learn how to interpret common spinal trauma findings on CT and MRI.
  3. To understand the place of imaging findings in the clinical management of spinal trauma patients.
15 min
Spinal infection: imaging patterns
Marc-André Weber, Rostock / Germany
  1. To discuss the best imaging approach to suspected spinal infection.
  2. To make you aware of different patterns and distributions of infection within the spine.
  3. To distinguish spinal infections from other diseases.
10 min
Panel discussion: When do we need contrast injection?