| Magnetic resonance imaging is an accurate imaging | | | | sections as each differs in slice thickness, field of view |
| system that greatly helps in evaluating lumbar spine | | | | (FOV) and certain other factors. |
| disorders. MRI for lumbar spine is carried out by | | | | Pain-free Diagnostic Procedure |
| making use of magnetic fields and radio waves along | | | | Through the MRI procedure, physicians are able to |
| with a computer to develop images of the spine. This | | | | make an improved diagnosis and can therefore |
| diagnostic procedure is capable of developing three | | | | suggest appropriate treatment procedures. Thereby it |
| dimensional images with excellent clarity. | | | | is even possible to reduce the chances of undergoing |
| MRI for a Better Evaluation of Bodily Abnormalities | | | | complex surgeries. |
| The reason behind many doctors preferring MRI for | | | | MRI is a noninvasive scanning method free from |
| their patients is its accuracy. It can provide a clearer, | | | | ionizing radiations. The entire process is painless and |
| more detailed picture of the disorders in the body | | | | free from side effects. The important point to note |
| structure, which cannot be identified through X-rays, | | | | while undergoing an MRI scan is that the patient must |
| ultrasound and CT scans. MRI for lumbar spine can | | | | maintain a stable position, because even the slightest |
| precisely diagnose the disorders in the discs including | | | | movement can produce inaccurate images. For the |
| slipped disc and compressions caused to the spinal | | | | imaging process, it is not necessary to take any |
| nerves, as well as other additional conditions. Using | | | | medicine. However, those patients who are |
| lumbar spine MRI, it is possible to receive a better | | | | claustrophobic are given mild sedatives. |
| picture of the soft tissues, intervertebral discs, spinal | | | | Magnetic resonance imaging technique is not advised |
| cord, ligaments and vertebral spaces and more. It also | | | | for patients who have metal implants such as |
| helps to identify the healthy as well as degenerated | | | | pacemakers, intracranial aneurysm clips and other |
| tissues in the spinal areas. | | | | objects, as these might affect the scan results |
| Even though the scan procedure is identical for lumbar, | | | | considerably. |
| thoracic and cervical spine, it is carried out as individual | | | | |