Assessing the rotation of the spinal cord in idiopathic scoliosis: a preliminary report of MRI feasibility.

Purpose: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) quantification of the rotation of the spinal cord in patients with thoracic idiopathic scoliosis could also be used to detect different spinal cord rotational patterns.

Methods: Ten patients with a thoracic or thoracolumbar scoliosis had axial T2-weighted MRI. The rotation of the spinal cord and vertebra were measured.