The MRI may scan your whole spine or just a part of it. Unlike X-rays and computerized tomography (CT) scans, it doesn’t use damaging radiation. It’s generally safe and painless.

Doctors use a lumbar MRI scan to examine a person’s lower spine for problems. It is a painless and low risk procedure. Learn more here.

Staff at NHS hospitals in Hull said AI technology had cut MRI scan times, allowing them to see more patients. Hull University ...

Knowing a patient's symptoms helps radiologists in lumbar spine MRI interpretation and diagnosis, according to a study published in Radiology. MRI is the most important imaging exam in patients ...

MRI is the most important imaging exam in patients with back pain or sciatica because it shows nearly all degenerative and structural abnormalities of the spine.

A way of imaging the spinal cord at the neck and where it joins the brain, as well as the bony spine and surrounding tissues. There are no X-rays, and therefore no danger of irradiation. It uses a ...

Karla Flores was diagnosed with a rare brain tumor. A misplaced MRI found a second, nearly inoperable, tumor on her spine.

Experts have demonstrated that multiple sclerosis (MS) can successfully be diagnosed using an MRI scan, meaning patients no longer need to undergo a painful lumbar puncture. Experts found that by ...

The national efficiency rate of lumbar spine MRIs performed for patients with lower back pain between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023, was 36.2. Here are the imaging efficiency rates for lumbar ...