Abstract: The cause of vertebral arterial disturbance is complicated, and it needs different imaging tools to confirm the diagnosis. As the technology of ultrasound, computer tomography (CT) and Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have been greatly improved recently; their clinical applications are more and more common. But each of them has advantages and defection; we should understand their features well to combine each other in order to make diagnosis of vertebral arterial disturbance more easily.

Key words: vertebral artery, ultrasound, computer tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, review