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ACR–ASNR–SABI–SSR PRACTICE PARAMETER FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) OF THE ADULT SPINE
Revised 2023 (Resolution 6)
 
PREAMBLE
 
I. INTRODUCTION
 
II. INDICATIONS
 
III. QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL
 
IV. APPLICATIONS OF MRI
 
A. Congential Abnormalities
 
IV. APPLICATIONS OF MRI
 
B. Degenerative Disc Disease
 
IV. APPLICATIONS OF MRI
 
C. Spinal Stenosis
 
IV. APPLICATIONS OF MRI
 
D. Trauma [10-20]
 
IV. APPLICATIONS OF MRI
 
E. Infection
 
IV. APPLICATIONS OF MRI
 
F. Neoplasms
 
IV. APPLICATIONS OF MRI
 
G. Changes from Radiation therapy to the Spine
 
IV. APPLICATIONS OF MRI
 
H. Demyelinating Diseases
 
IV. APPLICATIONS OF MRI
 
I. Vascular Lesions of the Spine
 
IV. APPLICATIONS OF MRI
 
J. Spinal Cord Herniation
 
V. SPECIFICATIONS OF THE EXAMINATION
 
V. SPECIFICATIONS OF THE EXAMINATION
 
A. Patient Selection
 
V. SPECIFICATIONS OF THE EXAMINATION
 
B. Facility Requirements
 
V. SPECIFICATIONS OF THE EXAMINATION
 
C. Examination Technique
 
1. General Principles
 
V. SPECIFICATIONS OF THE EXAMINATION
 
C. Examination Technique
 
2. Pulse sequences
 
V. SPECIFICATIONS OF THE EXAMINATION
 
C. Examination Technique
 
3. Slice Thickness
 
V. SPECIFICATIONS OF THE EXAMINATION
 
C. Examination Technique
 
4. Area of Coverage
 
VI. ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE/MACHINE LEARNING
 
VII. DOCUMENTATION
 
VIII. EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS
 
IX. QUALITY CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT, SAFETY, INFECTION CONTROL, AND PATIENT EDUCATION
 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
 
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