Karla Flores was diagnosed with a rare brain tumor. A misplaced MRI found a second, nearly inoperable, tumor on her spine.

Seven radiologists, each with a minimum of 16 years of experience, read the same set of screening breast MRI exams with four different sequences added incrementally, resulting in a total of 2,072 ...

The Weizmann nano-MRI system viewed under an electron microscope. Top: A tuning fork that enables control of the distance from the quartz tip to the diamond sensor, thereby controlling the ...

"The worst disease caused by MRI contrast agents is nephrogenic systemic fibrosis," Wagner, the coauthor of a new paper in the journal Magnetic Resonance Imaging, said in the school's press release.

Charlotte, N.C.-based Novant Health partnered with MedQuest Associates to acquire 18 locations from Charlotte-based OrthoCarolina, according to an April 1 news release. The 18 locations include three ...

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 ...

Bertolotti’s Syndrome is a lesser-known cause of chronic lower back pain, often misdiagnosed as general musculoskeletal discomfort. It arises from an anatomical variation in the lower spine known as a ...

The MRI may scan your whole spine or just a part of it. Unlike X-rays and computerized tomography (CT) scans, it doesn’t use damaging radiation. It’s generally safe and painless.

In T2-weighted MRI, the imaging findings of cervical spondylosis include nerve root compression, osteophyte formation, spinal cord compression, disk herniation, and vertebral slippage (Nouri et al., ...

In cases that there were lumbosacral transition vertebrae, these were considered as L5 vertebra to make their identification homogeneous. The lumbar vertebral bodies were numbered from caudal to ...

MRI is a powerful imaging tool that can help detect cancer in various parts of the body. It is particularly effective for scanning soft tissues in the brain, spinal cord, and musculoskeletal system.