Spinal cord imaging has significantly benefited from new MR imaging methods such as cardiac-gated diffusion-weighted imaging, diffusion tensor imaging with fiber tracking, and time-resolved MR angiography. Recent decades have also witnessed fundamental progress in understanding of the pathophysiology of vascular, metabolic, and inflammatory spinal cord diseases. Furthermore, neurosurgical procedures and endovascular treatments of spinal cord diseases have been improved and perfected to avoid severe neurological sequelae. This textbook provides an interdisciplinary overview of the new imaging...

Spinal cord imaging has benefited from novel MR technologies such as cardiac-gated diffusion-weighted imaging. This volume surveys new modalities for imaging the spinal cord, as well as detailed guidance on differential diagnosis and treatment options.