Background: Beside symptoms and clinical signs radiological findings are crucial in the diagnosis of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). We investigate which quantitative radiological signs are ...

Both patients underwent MRI examinations of the spinal cord on a 0.5-T system with a surface coil and the following protocol: Tl-weighted spin-echo (SE) sagittal scan, T2*-weighted gradient echo ...

Characterized by back, leg and neck pain, spinal stenosis affects more than ... Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is helpful in confirming the diagnosis, assessing the number of levels involved ...

Diagnosis and Treatment The diagnosis of spinal stenosis is done by clinical evaluation in combination with imaging studies such as MRI or CT scans and, sometimes, by nerve conduction tests.