While the source of back pain – including pain radiating down from the back into the buttocks and lower extremities – can be difficult to diagnose, there are a number of signs and symptoms that may ...

Clinically, it is characterized by acute symptoms. Paresis, ataxia, and sphincter dysfunction are common. On T2-weighted MRI, a longitudinally extensive hyperintense lesion is typically seen, ...

The results show that the use of the T2*-weighted MRI along with the ‘rule of six’, supported the diagnosis of MS as an alternative to a lumbar puncture. As a result of this study and previous ...

Background Fatty changes at vertebral corners have been reported on MRI in ankylosing spondylitis but the distribution or specificity of these lesions to early axial spondyloarthropathy (axial-SpA) ...

Experts from the University of Nottingham have proven that multiple sclerosis (MS) can successfully be diagnosed using an MRI scan, meaning patients no longer need to undergo a painful lumbar puncture ...

Spinal tumors in children are rare lesions. After clinical suspicion, initial evaluation may include 3D CT scans and MRI. Needle biopsy is recommended in most cases for diagnosis confirmation. Primary ...

Lumbar disk disease is caused by a change in the structure of the normal disk. Most of the time ... and organs onto film. MRI. This procedure uses a combination of large magnets, radiofrequencies, and ...

dNeuroradiological Academic Unit, University College London Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK eFaculty of Brain Sciences, University College London Queen ...

This paper introduces an innovative LDH classification framework utilizing nearest-neighbor dual-path contrastive learning, integrating global and local feature learning to improve lumbar MRI image ...

Short-axis cine MRI from a normal rat at end-diastolic (ED) and end-systolic (ES) phases is shown in Figure 1. The good spatial resolution and soft-tissue contrast provide information about global as ...