Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a safe, painless test that uses radio waves and energy from strong magnets to create detailed images of your body. A cervical MRI scans the soft tissues of your ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — As asymptomatic individuals aged, their rate of cervical spine abnormalities increased, according study results presented at the Cervical Spine Research Society Annual Meeting, here.

MRI identified missed cervical spine injuries in 17% of patients with trauma who had negative CT results, prompting treatment changes in 4% of them. MRI identified missed injuries in 17% of patients ...

Doctors often use MRI scans as an important step in determining the stage of cervical cancer. Knowing the stage can help them identify whether someone is a good candidate for surgery or if a different ...

Cervical stenosis is the narrowing of the vertebral canal in the neck. It is a common cause of neck pain and is more common in elderly patients. Up to 26% percent of people over the age of 64 may have ...

Posterior-Only Spinal Fusion Feasible in Parkinson’s Disease Almost half of patients whose primary care physicians recommend a lumbosacral or cervical spine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan go on ...

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 ...

Clinical examinations and magnetic resonance imaging studies have determined whether retired professional rugby players experience more serious symptoms of cervical spine degeneration than people in ...

If you feel pain in your neck and shoulder, your doctor might want you to get a specific X-ray to see what’s causing the pain. This test is a computed tomography scan or what's more commonly called a ...