Part I Basic Step: Common Spinal Disorders -- 1 Anatomic Considerations of the Spine -- 2 Common Spine Disorders Associated with Back Pain -- 3 Common Spine Disorders Associated with Neck Pain -- 4 Common Traumatic Disorders of the Thoracolumbar Spine -- 5 MR Imaging of Spinal Bone Marrow -- 6 Common Normal Structures and MR Imaging Artifacts of the Spine That May Mimic Pathology -- 7 Postoperative Imaging -- Part II Intermediate Step: Critical Spinal Disorders -- 8 Infectious Spondylitis -- 9 Cervical Trauma -- 10 Spinal Cord Disorder -- 11 Spinal Tumor -- 12 Congenital Disorder -- 13 Uncommon Degenerative Disorder -- 14 Inflammatory Arthritides -- 15 Spinal Vascular Malformation -- Part III Rare but Characteristic Spinal Disorders -- 16 Rare but Characteristic Spinal Disorders: Musculoskeletal -- 17 Rare but Characteristic Spinal Disorders: Neural -- 18 Rare but Characteristic Spinal Disorders: Miscellaneous -- Part IV Similar Spinal Disorders -- 19 Practical Tips for Differential Diagnosis.