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 ...

MRI provides exquisite detail of brain, spinal cord and vascular anatomy, and has the advantage of being able to visualize anatomy in all three planes: axial, sagittal and coronal (see the example ...

Hiroaki Nakashima, MD, of Nagoya, Japan, said the rate of abnormal MRI findings in the cervical spinal increases greatly with age and warned of the dangers of predictive operative decisions based ...

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. Musculoskeletal ...

When it comes to diagnosing spine conditions and detecting instability in the joints, upright MRI holds the advantage ... have the ability to see what the anatomy looks like during the pain ...