Healio

Not all parameters detect relationship between low back pain and MRI findings

The first large-scale population study into wheter first-time low back pain correlates with MRI findings revealed that increased disc degeneration on MRI was directly related to how much back pain ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

The Canadian C-Spine Rule versus the NEXUS Low-Risk Criteria in Patients with Trauma

The Canadian C-Spine (cervical-spine) Rule (CCR) and the National Emergency X-Radiography Utilization Study (NEXUS) Low-Risk Criteria (NLC) are decision rules to guide the use of cervical-spine ...
Case Western Reserve University

Normal Parasagittal MRI scan of the Lumbar Spine

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 ...
BMJ

Epidemiology of cervical spine abnormalities in asymptomatic adult professional rugby union players using static and dynamic MRI protocols: 2002 to 2006

Objective In this study, the prevalence of abnormalities in the cervical spine of asymptomatic professional rugby players using both static and dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in order to ...
Physics World

MRI-guided cryoablation safely freezes tumours in the spine

The AMIGO operating suite (viewed through the PET scanner) contains a PET/CT, a 3T MRI system and a fluoroscopy arm. (Courtesy: Brigham and Women's Hospital) When a tumour compresses the spinal cord, ...