For patients who may benefit from such scans, it's unclear whether including the spine as well as the sacroiliac joint ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

To understand vascular malformations of the brain and spinal cord, picture the vascular system as just a collection of shipping lanes. There is a speedy and fast (high pressure) delivery of nutrients ...