What Is a Spinal MRI? A spinal MRI, or magnetic resonance imaging, uses powerful magnets, radio waves, and a computer to make clear, detailed pictures of your spine. The MRI may scan your whole ...

Your doctor may suggest another method for inspecting your lumbar spine, such as a CT scan, depending on the type of pacemaker. But some pacemaker models can be reprogrammed before an MRI so they ...

Several studies have demonstrated that SPIO-labeled stem cells migrate into a brain or spinal cord lesion after transplantation; MRI detection was confirmed by histological analysis with iron ...

The FDA has approved expanded MRI labeling for Abbott’s Eterna spinal cord stimulation system, allowing those with chronic pain to undergo MRI within specific conditions and have a wider ...

More information: Paul Hyunsoo Yi et al, Readability of Lumbar Spine MRI Reports: Will Patients Understand?, American Journal of Roentgenology (2019). DOI: 10.2214/AJR.18.20197 ...

Researchers in China reviewed lumbar spine MRI results of 400 patients reporting chronic back pain from 2007 to 2011, including 192 patients diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis (AS; mean age, 28 ...

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 ...

The prospective study compared pre- and post-MRI injection plans. A total of 249 (8.4%) spine physicians responded to the survey, a majority of whom were anesthesiologists and physiatrists (86%).