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 ...

Your spine is made up of bones stabilized by multiple ligaments and muscles along its length. The spinal cord resides in the spinal canal. It is a complex structure that allows neurological impulses ...

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, ...

Radiomics offers improved assessment of spinal cord pathology in MS, surpassing conventional MRI in precision and sensitivity. A study identified 12 significant radiomic features, with four ...

Experts from the University of Nottingham have proven that multiple sclerosis (MS) can successfully be diagnosed using an MRI scan, meaning patients no longer need to undergo a painful lumbar puncture ...

The study covered in this summary was published on MedRxiv.org as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. This study lends support to the theory that Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA) affects certain ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Expanded labeling allows those with chronic pain to have a wider selection of leads for full-body scans. Eterna ...

For about one in six people considered healthy with no reports of back pain, lesions were visible on MRI in the lower spinal column and sacroiliac joint, researchers said -- a sign that ...

To diagnose multiple sclerosis (MS), the central vein sign (CVS) on brain MRI appears to work as well as oligoclonal bands (OCBs) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and combining the two biomarkers yields ...