Doctors can use MRI to examine a person’s lower spine, lumbar region, and surrounding tissues. MRI of the spine can show spinal alignment, lumbar disk herniation, inflammation, and more. MRI is a ...

Inflammatory and fatty lesions seen on lumbar spine MRI had limited diagnostic value in distinguishing ankylosing spondylitis from other diseases associated with chronic back pain, according to ...

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 ...

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 ...

October 3, 2012 — Radiologists have developed evidence-based guidelines for management of low back pain, according to a report in the October issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Clinicians rarely made therapeutic modifications based on MRI and lumbar puncture results. EEGs may be ...