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 ...

A CT scan is not the same as an MRI. An MRI of the lumbar spine shows the bones, disks, and spinal cord. MRIs can also show the spaces between the vertebral bones that nerves pass through.

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 ...

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 ...

Spine Surgeons Vary Considerably in Imaging Practices Certain findings on MRI are linked with surgical outcome in patients with lumbar intervertebral disc herniation. (HealthDay News) – Certain ...

Axial MRI of the Lumbar Spine - T2 weighted image at the L4 level. On this view centered over the L4-L5 disk, one can see well the cauda equina surrounded by CSF (note that CSF is bright on ...

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 ...

May 11, 2015 - What are the most influential studies on surgery of the lower (lumbar) spine? The "top 100" research papers in lumbar spine are counted down in a special review in the May 15 issue ...

Journal Reference: Jeremy Steinberger, Branko Skovrlj, John M. Caridi, Samuel K. Cho. The Top 100 Classic Papers in Lumbar Spine Surgery. Spine, 2015; 40 (10): 740 DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000847 ...

Lumbar Spine: Common Pathology and Interventions Andrea Strayer J Neurosci Nurs. 2005;37 (4):181-193. Clinical Presentation ...