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 ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. – Knowing a patient’s symptoms helps radiologists in lumbar spine MRI interpretation and diagnosis, according to a study published today in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological ...

A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan can be quick, sometimes taking as little as 15 minutes. However, it may take longer depending on the number of images that need to be taken, the part of your ...

Knowing a patient's symptoms helps radiologists in lumbar spine MRI interpretation and diagnosis, according to a study published today in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North ...

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 ...

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 ...

Radiomics offers improved assessment of spinal cord pathology in MS, surpassing conventional MRI in precision and sensitivity. A study identified 12 significant radiomic features, with four ...

Mid-Sagittal MRI of the Lumbar Spine. Left (T1-weighted image); Right (T2-weighted image). On this view centered over the lumbar spine, one can see all five lumbar vertebrae in addition to the sacrum ...