Importance of metrizamide CT for evaluation of the thoracic spine

Morphometrical analysis of the thoracolumbar dural sac in sheep using computed assisted myelography

“…With the development of diagnostic methods, other reliable means for assessing vertebral canal area were introduced, such as the measurement of the ratio between spinal canal area and vertebral body obtained from computed tomography (CT) images or computed assisted myelography. Computed assisted myelography has been found to be more sensitive than myelography for characterizing morphology of the spine in humans, horses, and dogs (14)(15)(16)(17)(18). The technique is considered to be particularly helpful for diagnosing spinal cord atrophy, spinal stenosis, and vertebral malformation-malarticulation (16,(19)(20)(21)(22)(23).…”