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 ...

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 ...

An MRI of the lumbar spine shows the bones, disks, spinal cord, and the spaces between the vertebral bones where nerves pass through. The risks of a lumbar MRI scan Unlike an X-ray or CT scan, an ...

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of the Brain and Spine: Basics: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is one of the most commonly used tests in neurology and neurosurgery.MRI provides exquisite detail of ...

In contrast to the relatively brief period in which meningitis cases appeared, a steady stream of spinal and paraspinal infections continue to present long after the injections were administered.

One-fifth of participants showed sacroiliac joint erosions, and 14% had fat metaplasia. Erosions were seen in nearly 40% of those 40 and older; spinal BME was also present in 36% of this age group ...

A Vanderbilt University Medical Center-led research team has shown that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can detect changes in resting-state spinal cord function in patients with multiple ...