Sponsored by Charles Theofilos, M.D. An MRI scan is a completely different technology from an X-ray and CT scan and represents the single most useful imaging study available for spine surgery. An MRI ...

An MRI takes pictures using magnetic waves, not radiation. X-rays and CTs (also called CAT scans) both use radiation, although the levels in a CT can be 50 or more times higher than in an X-ray. That ...

Generally, X-rays are used to examine bones, while MRI and ultrasound are used to look at softer tissues. But an emerging method is adapting X-ray to image soft tissue, so that its higher resolution ...

BARCELONA, Spain — Data from a prospective imaging study question the use of x-ray radiography first in the diagnostic workup of patients with suspected axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), a practice ...

MRI reveals that greater trochanteric fractures of the hip that are diagnosed as isolated on X-ray are frequently underestimated and are neither isolated nor minor, say a pair of researchers from ...

For women at high risk of breast cancer, use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) plus X-ray mammography for screening will detect more breast cancers than mammography alone, a new technology ...

While the Center for Healthy Living prides itself on the ability to provide you with preventive care, managing chronic conditions and treating illnesses, there are some things that are outside the ...

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an extremely useful diagnostic imaging tool, performed an estimated 28 million times annually in the United States, enabling interpreting physicians to visualize ...