Abstract
Assessment of spinal intersegmental motion has been a focus for research and has depended on radiographic techniques. Radiographic techniques are limited because of ionizing radiation exposure, magnification errors, and image quality. Interventional magnetic resonance scanners, however, allow dynamic imaging in the scanner in different positions. Twelve healthy subjects were scanned using a General Electric Signa SP10 open interventional magnetic resonance scanner. Subjects were scanned while they were in the supine position and during sitting in flexed and extended positions. Measurements of lumbar curvature and intersegmental motion were made from the sagittal images obtained. The results showed that it was possible to obtain repeatable measures of intersegmental rotation and translation from open magnetic resonance images of the spine in flexed and extended positions. These measures of motion are in agreement with previous data and suggest that the greatest motion occurs at the L4-L5 level. The use of interventional magnetic resonance imaging for assessing lumbar intersegmental mobility seems promising.
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