It allows your doctor to view your spine or brain in slices, as if it were sliced layer-by-layer and a picture taken of each slice. This test can help diagnose tumors, strokes, and disc herniations.How does an MRI work?An MRI scan works by using a powerful magnet, radio waves, and...
MRI scans are principally used for imaging detailed pictures of organs, soft tissue, ligaments, and other features that are more difficult to see, with CT, for example, MRI provides more images that were more detailed when the lumbar spine is viewed to determine if a herniated disc is present...
A spine CT test is most commonly used to detect aherniated discor narrowing of the spinal canal (spinal stenosis) in people with neck, arm, back, and/orleg pain. It is also used to detect afractureor break in the spine. CT Scan Risks andSide Effects CT scan is a very low-risk pro...