Researchers in China reviewed lumbar spine MRI results of 400 patients reporting chronic back pain from 2007 to 2011, including 192 patients diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis (AS; mean age, 28 ...

Patients at Mass General complete a short symptom questionnaire prior to their lumbar spine MRI. They answer questions about the severity of their pain, where it is located, what makes it worse ...

Your doctor may suggest another method for inspecting your lumbar spine, such as a CT scan, depending on the type of pacemaker. But some pacemaker models can be reprogrammed before an MRI so they ...

Magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbar spine in people without back pain. N Engl J Med.1994;331 (2):69-73. 6. Stadnik TW, Lee RR, Coen HL, Neirynck EC, Buisseret TS, Osteaux MJ.

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 ...