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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2], Raviteja Guddeti, M.B.B.S.[3]

Overview

An MRI provides a microstructural detail of the bone. It is very helpful in vertebral compression fractures. The short tau inversion recovery (STIR) sequence of an MRI is very sensitive for detecting vertebral edema, which results from fresh fractures or micro-fractures.

MRI

Indications for MRI include:

• Vertebral compression fractures
• Pre-surgical evaluation of kyphoplasty
• Adrenal tumors
• Metabolic bone disease