Hirayama disease is a rare neurological disorder primarily affecting young males. This condition poses diagnostic challenges ...

Why is it so difficult to obtain clear MR images of the cervical spine? We have researched the following conditions for getting best image, that is, MRI hardware, MRI operation, and scan time. We show ...

The tool, called MindGlide, can extract key information from existing brain MRI scan images acquired during the care of MS patients, such as measuring damaged areas of the brain and highlighting ...

A new study has found why MRI scans may leave harmful metals behind in a person's body. The University of New Mexico (UNM) study explored health risks caused by toxic rare earth metal gadolinium ...

University of New Mexico researchers studying the health risks posed by gadolinium, a toxic rare earth metal used in MRI scans, have found that oxalic acid, a molecule found in many foods ...

Medicare covers MRI scans when a doctor deems them medically necessary for diagnosis. The Medicare part that covers an MRI will depend on a person’s hospital status. Most people in the United ...

New research suggests that MRI with contrast may create nanoparticles that infiltrate your tissues. The research is preliminary, and more work needs to be done. Doctors stress that MRI with contrast ...

Comparison of preinjury and postinjury MRI can objectively determine ... The pathophysiology of cervical disk disease is the same as in other areas of the spine. [36] There are differences in ...

Brain Scan Predicts Effectiveness of Spinal Cord Surgery Dec. 3, 2024 — A 10-minute brain scan can predict the effectiveness of a risky spinal surgery to alleviate intractable pain. The result ...

New Delhi: Scientists have found that a toxic rare earth metal used in MRI scans can generate nanoparticles of the metal in human tissues. Researchers from the University of New Mexico in the US ...

Objective: To establish the incidence of clinically important inflammatory cervical spine abnormalities in radiographs of patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Methods: Patients were selected from ...

Pseudoarthrosis occurs when bones don’t heal after a fracture or bone surgery. When pseudoarthrosis affects the cervical or lumbar spine, it means that two vertebrae did not grow together after ...