An MRI of the lumbar spine shows the bones, disks, spinal cord, and the spaces between the vertebral bones where nerves pass through.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Parasagittal MRI of the Lumbar Spine - T1-weighted image. Note that this slice provides an unique view of the exiting nerve roots through the intervertebral foramina. The nerve roots exit directly ...

Mid-Sagittal MRI of the Lumbar Spine. Left (T1-weighted image); Right (T2-weighted image). On this view centered over the lumbar spine, one can see all five lumbar vertebrae in addition to the sacrum ...

More information: Paul Hyunsoo Yi et al, Readability of Lumbar Spine MRI Reports: Will Patients Understand?, American Journal of Roentgenology (2019). DOI: 10.2214/AJR.18.20197 ...

The prospective study compared pre- and post-MRI injection plans. A total of 249 (8.4%) spine physicians responded to the survey, a majority of whom were anesthesiologists and physiatrists (86%).