GENEVA — Some orthopedic spine surgeons rely on magnetic resonance imaging to identify cervical facet arthrosis ... 594 facets were categorized as normal on CT scan; of those, MRI concordance ...

(HealthDay)—For patients with obtunded blunt trauma to the cervical spine, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) follow-up appears not to be beneficial after normal cervical computed tomography (CT ...

What Is a CT Cervical Spine Scan? When you receive a doctor’s order for a medical test for your neck, you’ll see it written as a CT scan for the cervical spine. This is the top section of your ...

CT scan of the cervical spine is a CT scan of the neck ... Cancer due to radiation is always a risk, but the radiation from a CT is less than a normal person receives from background radiation (cosmic ...

(HealthDay News) — Computed tomography (CT) is effective in detecting clinically significant cervical spine (CS ... Of 681 patients with a normal CT scan, 15 (2.2%) had a newly identified ...

May 6, 2003 — Computed tomography (CT) should replace plain film radiography for imaging suspected cervical spine trauma, according to a presentation on May 6 during the American Roentgen Ray ...

Cervical radiculopathy is a condition caused by a pinched nerve in your neck. It happens when your cervical spinal cord or nerve ... In middle-aged people, normal degenerative changes in the ...

If your doctor is doing a biopsy (tissue removal) or removing fluid from an infected area in your cervical spine, they may use a CT scan of your neck as a guide during the procedure. A CT scan of ...