Modic Changes
Modic changes, a common observation in MR imaging, are signal intensity changes in vertebral body marrow adjacent to the endplates of degenerative discs. Michael T. Modic, MD, professor of radiology and neurology at Case Western in Cleveland, wrote about these changes in the journal Radiology in 1988, and his name has been associated with these changes ever since. Modic changes take 3 main form..