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Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Reports from Aarhus University describe recent advances in magnetic resonance imaging

Published in Telemedicine Business Week, March 10th, 2010

Researchers in Aarhus, Denmark conducted a study "To describe a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) grading method for both active and chronic spondyloarthritis (SpA) changes in the spine, to test its validity, and compare chronic MRI scores with findings obtained by radiography. A total of 91 patients (41 males; 50 females) with back pain fulfilling the European Spondylarthropathy Study Group (ESSG) criteria for SpA were examined using MRI and radiography of the spine."

"The mean age was 36.7 years (range 16-51 years) and symptom duration was between 3 and 27 years. The MRI images were assessed for signs of disease activity (bone marrow oedema at the vertebral plates and...

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