MRI, with its unrivalled soft tissue contrast, multiplanar and functional capability, plays an essential role in the imaging and subsequent management of patients with cancer. Among functional imaging techniques, diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) has significantly impacted oncological imaging over the past two decades. While DWI is primarily the focus of cancer research as a potential biomarker, […]
Erica Scurr
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
This article introduces the new Clinical Imaging Board’s (CIB) document MRI Provision for Cauda Equina Syndrome. I will discuss best practice for MRI safety, imaging and reporting as well as the new National Suspected Cauda Equina Syndrome Pathway document from Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT).
Rachel Watt
Jersey General Hospital
In the veterinary setting many breeds suffer sudden onset symptoms affecting mobility and causing acute pain. Dogs with acute presentation of symptoms have a range of differential diagnosis and without advanced imaging it would not be possible to treat these effectively. Some breeds are genetically conditioned to intervertebral disc disease (IVDD). For example, in a […]
Steven Edwards
Dovecote Veterinary Hospital
MRI is the investigation of choice in patients with a suspected spinal cord syndrome. In addition, imaging of the spinal cord is commonly performed alongside brain MRI in the workup of patients with a suspected inflammatory demyelinating disorder, such as multiple sclerosis. Spinal cord lesions from a variety of causes can have similar imaging appearances […]
Dr Francis Scott, Dr Tilak Das
Addenbrooke's Hospital