Alternative Names: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Spinal MRI MR of the Spinal cord / column or neck Nuclear Magnetic Resonance What is it? A way of imaging the spinal cord at the neck and where it joins ...

A positive scan might fast-track a patient to a surgeon. However, few cervical spine MRI scans in middle-aged or older people are actually normal, and the reports often contain disturbing descriptions ...

MRI technique: Both patients underwent MRI examinations of the spinal cord on a 0.5-T system with a surface coil and the following protocol: Tl-weighted spin-echo (SE) sagittal scan, T2*-weighted ...

Nakamura said the cervical spinal abnormalities in asymptomatic patients identified by MRI findings were significantly greater in adults greater than 40 years old with a P value of < 0.05. – by ...

Using high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with a special vaginal coil, a technique to measure the movement of water within tissue, researchers may be able to identify cervical cancer ...

Researchers conducted a meta-analysis of 36 studies involving 6784 patients with trauma who underwent cervical spine MRI after a negative CT scan. Most included studies were retrospective (n = 29).

After lumbosacral spine MRI, the researchers found that 44.5% of patients were seen by an orthopedic surgeon or neurosurgeon, and 6.5% ultimately underwent spine surgery during the subsequent ...

Investigators of this study found contrast T1-weighted MRI was predictive of tumor proliferation and spinal schwannomas growth, as well as correlated with larger tumor size and adhesion ...

Try to remember or check with your physician if you have had any surgery involving a metal implant, e.g. a pacemaker, aneurysm clips or a cochlear implant (hearing aid). Also any history of trauma to ...