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 ...

Of the 1,000 requests for lumbar spine MRI, 443 were considered appropriate, the researchers said. The rest were split between inappropriate (28.5 per cent) or uncertain value (27.2 per cent).

Research also demonstrates the profound difference between upright and ordinary recumbent MRI, especially when it relates to spinal conditions. A 2010 study of whiplash patients found that upright ...

At each medical centre, 1,000 MRI imaging requests were reviewed – 500 for the spine and 500 for the head. The scans were performed in the period from 2008 to 2010.

MRIs and lumbar punctures may not provide enough therapeutic value to be standard-of-care diagnostic tests in patients suffering neurologic symptoms following chimeric antigen receptor T-cell ...

Low expectation, surprising result McCullough was 11 when he was diagnosed with a form of SMA that progresses very slowly. SMA weakens muscles by killing off motor neurons in the spine. The first ...