What is the difference between X-Rays, MRIs, CTs and other diagnostic imaging methods? How have these technologies developed and improved over the years? This is the place with the answers!
Advances in MRI technology continue to develop. But everyone in the medical world knows that the films of a back or neck pain sufferer often come up clean and free of lesions. Will the latest generation of MRIs explain your pain?
MR Neurography is an emerging type of MRI that can help diagnose nerve problems such as sciatica and piriformis syndrome.
Diagnostic Imaging Techniques
In 2006, a small study examining sitting postures repeated one done in 1953, but with more sophisticated technology. The study used the positional, or upright, MRI and introduced a new era in back pain medicine. Diagnosing causes just got easier.
Diagnostic imaging is used to confirm the presence of lesions, rather than to tell what is causing back pain. The X-ray is one type of diagnostic imaging method. This short description will tell you what kinds of problems are found using x-rays.
An overview, the risks and results of a spine MRI, from About's Healthcare Center.
Diagnostic imaging is used to confirm the presence of lesions, rather than to tell what is causing back pain. The myelogram is one type of diagnostic imaging method. This short description will give you background on the technology of myelograms, as well as tell you what kinds of problems are found using them.
Diagnostic imaging is used to confirm the presence of lesions, rather than to tell what is causing back pain. The MRI is one type of diagnostic imaging method. This short description will give you background on the technology of MRIs, as well as tell you what kinds of problems are found using them, and other ways they are used.
Diagnostic imaging is used to confirm the presence of lesions, rather than to tell what is causing back pain. Thermography is one type of diagnostic imaging method. This short description will give you background on thermography.
Diagnostic imaging is used to confirm the presence of lesions, rather than to tell what is causing back pain. The discogram is one type of diagnostic imaging method. This short description will give you background on the discogram, as well as tell you why they may not be the best choice for diagnosing back pain.
Diagnostic imaging is used to confirm the presence of lesions, rather than to tell what is causing back pain. The CT scan is one type of diagnostic imaging method. This short description will give you background on the technology of CT scans, as well as tell you what kinds of problems are found using them.
Contrast dye is a solution that is used to accentuate specific structures when looking at an image. About's Orthopedics guide, Dr. Jonathan Cluett gives the details about contrast dye and in which medical imaging tests they are used.
Written by About's Cardiology editor Dr. Richard Fogoros, M.D., for heart patients, this article on CT scans may yield more information on the recent strides made in the development of this type of diagnostic imaging machine. See what you can glean.
An overview, the risks and results of a Lumbosacral MRI from About's Healthcare Center. This description is similary to the Spine MRI. The difference is that the Lumbosacral MRI focuses only on the low back.
RadiologyInfo has answered the pertinent questions regarding bone radiology, or X-rays.
RadiologyInfo gives an introduction to MRI for the spine.
RadiologyInfo gives the basics on the CT scan, or Computed Tomography, for the spine.
Radiology is used to confirm the findings of a doctor's examination. Radiology provides a visual image of any mechanical problem that might explain the patient's signs and symptoms.
