Open AccessAdditional merit of coronal STIR imaging for MR imaging of lumbar spine
Author(s) -
Ranjana Gupta,
Prabhat Mittal,
Amit Mittal,
Kapish Mittal,
Sharad Gupta,
Ravleen Kaur
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of craniovertebral junction and spine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 0976-9285
pISSN - 0974-8237
DOI - 10.4103/0974-8237.151582
Subject(s) - coronal plane , medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , sagittal plane , radiology , lumbar , medical diagnosis , low back pain , back pain , nuclear medicine , pathology , alternative medicine
Back pain is a common clinical problem and is the frequent complaint for referral of lumbar spine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Coronal short tau inversion recovery sequence (STIR) can provide diagnostically significant information in small percentage of patients.