In this case, the surgical team uses the results of the lumbar MRI to help plan the operation. If the image is normal, there is no need for action. However, an MRI may not always show that a ...

1 Department of Orthopedics, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University ... all patients underwent a lumbar MRI plain scan using a Siemens 3.0 T MRI ...

MRI-derived myocardial extracellular volume fraction (ECV) is elevated in the presence of fibrosis, amyloid deposition, inflammation and edema. In patients with cardiac amyloidosis and prolonged T2 ...

Methods: Consecutive patients with suspected iron overload undergoing MRI T2* were retrospectively included. T2* was studied continuously and in categories: normal myocardial iron status (T2* ≥ 20 ms) ...