Introduction to Degenerative Spine Disease

MRI Pulse Sequences for Degenerative Spine Disease

Anatomy of an Intervertebral Disc

Pulse Sequences For Lumbar Spine Imaging

Nomenclature of Intervertebral Disc Disease

Disc Protrusions vs. Extrusions

Disc Sequestration

Reporting of Lumbar Spine Degenerative Changes

Case of Lumbar Spine Degenerative Disc Disease

Case of Disc Protrusion

Appropriate Reporting of Spine Degenerative Changes

Describing Disc Protrusion Location and Important Features

Analyzing a Disc Extrusion

Foraminal/Far-Lateral Disc Herniation

Cervical Spine Disc Extrusion

Annular Fissure

Contained vs. Uncontained Disc Herniation

Modic Classification of Degenerative Marrow Changes

Modic Type 1 Endplate Changes

Identifying an Annular Fissure

Modic Type II Endplate Changes

Differentiate Postoperative Scar vs. Recurrent Herniation

Identify Common Causes of Spinal Canal Stenosis

Grading and Common Causes of Spondylolisthesis

Spondylolisthesis Secondary to Spondylolysis

Synovial Cyst

Clinical Importance of Posteriorly Projecting Synovial Cyst

Common Causes of Acquired Stenosis

Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament (OPLL)

Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH)

Role of CT for the Identification of OPLL

Association of OPLL and OLF

Evaluation of Uncovertebral Joints

Uncovertebral Degenerative Disease and Foraminal Narrowing

Other Causes of Low Back Pain and Spinal Canal Stenosis