MRI The majority of interventional spine physicians reported using magnetic resonance imaging ahead of lumbar epidural steroid injections to correlate with the physical examination. The majority of ...

MRI scans are not recommended as part of routine care in spondyloarthritis, but are often performed anyway. For patients who may benefit from such scans, it's unclear whether including the spine as ...

The AMIGO operating suite (viewed through the PET scanner) contains a PET/CT, a 3T MRI system and a fluoroscopy arm. (Courtesy: Brigham and Women's Hospital) When a tumour compresses the spinal cord, ...

Experts from the University of Nottingham have proven that multiple sclerosis (MS) can successfully be diagnosed using an MRI scan, meaning patients no longer need to undergo a painful lumbar puncture ...

For about one in six people considered healthy with no reports of back pain, lesions were visible on MRI in the lower spinal column and sacroiliac joint, researchers said -- a sign that ...