Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Inflammatory and fatty lesions seen on lumbar spine MRI had limited diagnostic value in distinguishing ...

Nearly all the patients with low back pain referred by their general practitioner for a lumbar magnetic resonance imaging scan (MRI) had abnormal findings on the imaging, with seven in 10 showing disc ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Investigators showed that diagnosis was improved in 56% of patients with lumbar radiculopathy when a new type of ...

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 ...

In a study of 2000 magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) requisitions, more than half the requests for MRI of the lumbar spine were ordered for indications considered inappropriate or of uncertain value.

A new study, published in The Spine Journal, found variability in findings and a high rate of diagnostic errors in MRI examinations for lumbar spine patients. For the prospective, observational study, ...

This article analyzes use of lumbar spine magnetic resonance imaging in a national sample of patients with low back pain. Objectives: To analyze inappropriate use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ...

(WASHINGTON, March 19, 2024) – Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and lumbar puncture (LP) may not always be necessary for diagnosing and managing a serious neurological complication associated with CAR ...

As increasing numbers of patients gain online access to their radiology reports, a new study published in the April 2019 issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) assesses how thoroughly ...

Objectives Lumbar bone stress injury (‘bone stress injury’) is common in junior fast bowlers. The repetitive loading of cricket fast bowling may cause bone marrow oedema (BMO), detectable on MRI, ...

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and lumbar puncture (LP) may not always be necessary for diagnosing and managing a serious neurological complication associated with CAR T-cell therapy, according to a ...