Spinal cord injury (SCI) results in drastic functional disabilities in patients. Due to the interference of spinal shock with functional assessment of SCI patients in the clinical setting, it is important to develop a noninvasive imaging technique for early evaluation of spinal cord integrity after injury.Magnetic resonant imaging (MRI) is the method of choice for detection and diagnosis of many disorders in the spine because of its inherent sensitivity to subtle soft tissue changes and its capability to displaying long segment of vertebral column in one examination. In the context of trauma MRI can detect ligamentous injury and internal derangement of the spinal cord.The ability of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in demonstrating the white matter architecture is unparalleled by any other imaging modality and further active clinical trials & applications are required.