Modic classification
Vertebral endplate and marrow changes Type I
Type II
Type III
Reference Rahme R, Moussa R. The modic vertebral endplate and marrow changes: pathologic significance and relation to low back pain and segmental instability of the lumbar spine. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2008 May;29(5):838-842. |
![]() Modic type 2
changes are hyperintense on T1WI (A) and isointense or hyperintense on T2WI (B). ![]() Modic type 3
changes are hypointense on both T1WI (A) and T2WI (B). |