Comparative Imaging (Abstract)

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This blog is an assignment for one of our core courses in Bachelor of Radiography and Diagnostic Imaging, Comparative Imaging (AHRD 4152). Before that, we would like to express our gratitude to Dr Norhanna Binti Sohaimi, our course coordinator.


The purpose of this blog is to review few articles regarding Cervical Myelopathy and determine what is the gold standard to diagnose the pathology. In this blog, we compared literature details of various modalities which are conventional radiography, magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, and myelography. Thus, the objective of this blog is to study the most effective modality in assessing cervical myelopathy with the best image quality and diagnostic accuracy.



Based on the articles reviewed, it is proved that there is no gold standard to facilitate the diagnosis of cervical myelopathy but magnetic resonance imaging is the most common used result from the details of the image generated. All articles showed that indication and order for the examination is the most important to be evaluated before proceeding to imaging modalities.
Image 1: Computed tomography in the sagittal plane of cervical myelopathy

Image 2: Magnetic resonance imaging in the sagittal plane of cervical myelopathy

Image 3: Plain x-ray of lateral cervical, suspected to have cervical myelopathy

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