An MRI of the lumbar spine shows the bones, disks, spinal cord, and the spaces between the vertebral bones where nerves pass through. The risks of a lumbar MRI scan Unlike an X-ray or CT scan, an ...

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 ...

The 2000 to 2006 claims-based analysis of Pham and colleagues found that 29% of Medicare beneficiaries received x-ray, computed tomography (CT), or MRI inappropriately. 18 A 2004 to 2006 claims ...

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 Journal information ...

For this prospective, multi-reader study, the investigators included a total of 240 Mass General patients who completed a symptom questionnaire prior to their lumbar spine MRI.

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 ...

In the prospective study, 43% of performed injections were found to differ from the initial clinical management decision after viewing MRI results, with 24.0% and 19.0% resulting in different and ...

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 ...