Evaluation of Cervical Spine Lesions by the 3D T2-SPACE Compared with the 2D T2WI

Objective : The three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging (3D MRI) has facilitated image acquisition without slice gaps, with studies reporting its effectiveness in visualizing the lower cranial nerves. The 3D T2 sampling perfection with application-optimized contrast using different flip angle evolution (3D T2-SPACE) sequence is a 3D turbo spin-echo sequence that produces images with fewer cerebrospinal fluid flow artifacts and higher resolutions. In this study, we evaluated the visualization ability of the 3D T2-SPACE sequence in the cervical spine.