Fig. 2From: The value of MRI compared to conventional radiography in analysing morphologic changes in the spine in axial spondyloarthritisRadiography (a) and T1-weighted MRI (b) of the lower thoracic and lumbar spine. Images in the sagittal plane in the same patient (male, 53 years old) diagnosed with axial SpA. The extent of osseous chronic changes at the anterior vertebral corners is depicted in more detail with radiography than with MRI (white arrows), while a presumed disease-related fatty transformation at the ventral vertebral corner of L5 is only appreciated with MRI (black circles)Back to article page