Doctors use a lumbar MRI scan to examine a person’s lower spine for problems. It is a painless and low risk procedure. Learn more here.

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 ...

Each of the patients underwent standard lumbar MRI in the axial and sagittal planes without contrast using T1 and T2 sequences.

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 ...

MRI interpretations without patient-reported symptom information resulted in a significant decrease in diagnostic accuracy and confidence.

This article analyzes use of lumbar spine magnetic resonance imaging in a national sample of patients with low back pain.

(WASHINGTON, March 19, 2024) – Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and lumbar puncture (LP) may not always be necessary for diagnosing and managing a serious neurological complication ...

Objective: To describe a lumbar intradural disc herniation with atypical radiological appearance and point out the role of contrast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the lumbar spine.

In a study of 2000 magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) requisitions, more than half the requests for MRI of the lumbar spine were ordered for indications considered inappropriate or of uncertain ...

Evidence-based guidelines and order set templates should help clinicians avoid inappropriate use of imaging, laboratory tests, steroids or narcotics, and invasive procedures.