A basic review of MRI lumbar protocols is followed by a discussion of the most common imaging sequences. The appearance of normal lumbar anatomy is reviewed with emphasis on structures prone to injury. This is correlated to annotated images. Imaging of lumbar spine pathology and trauma is ...
Contact between the lower lobes and the paravertebral soft tissues results in paravertebral interfaces or stripes that are commonly visible on a frontal radiograph, particularly in the lower part of the chest, usually thin and parallel to the spine. Displacement of the paravertebral stripe may occur...
Furthermore, all patients with known SIJ disease/SIJ syndrome, known back pain, status post surgery of the lumbar spine, known rheumatic disease, hyperparathyroidism, bone malignancy (both primary and metastatic), or pelvic fractures were excluded, as were patients with missing electronic records (e...
My first appointment with Dr. Jewell, he ordered an MRI of my cervical and thoracic vertebrae. He also ordered a lumbar puncture (spinal tap) and we’d meet again when he had the results. The results that explained everything. There was another lesion on my spine where the thoracic meets...
Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a common degenerative condition of the spine that causes back pain radiating to the lower extremity. Surgical treatment is indicated to treat progressive radical symptoms. Obesity has been associated with inferior results
2005. Normal values of the sagittal diameter of the lumbar spine (ver- tebral body and dural sac) in children measured by MRI. Pediatr Radiol 35:419-424.Knirsch W, Kurtz C, Haffner N, Langer M, Kececioglu D. Normal values of the sagittal diameter of the lumbar spine (vertebral body ...
Twenty-nine volunteers underwent thin section, multi-planar MR examinations of the lumbar spine to evaluate whether the normal pars could be more reliably demonstrated. MRI examinations were performed with sagittal and reserve angle oblique axial T1W images, and also 3D sagittal gradient echo images ...
However ADC value is little evaluated in the spinal vertebra 4).The purpose of this study is to measure ADC value based on diffusion weighted MRI in the vertebrae of lumbar spine and evaluate location dependent. Subjects and Method Forty-two consequtive patients (26 males and 16 f...
Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans and lumbar CT were performed preoperatively to measure the BMD of lumbar, femur and hip and HU values of L1-L4 respectively. The relative total cross-sectional area (rTCSA) and fat infiltration (FI) of multifidus (MF) and erector spinae (ES),...
Patients with other types of musculoskeletal pain and MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) diagnosis of disc degeneration, disc bulging, or degenerative spondylolisthesis were accepted into the study. Exclusion criteria Patients were excluded if they had contra-indications for lumbar spine MRI (ferromagnetic ...