A study at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City found that a CT scan of the lumbar spine prior to surgery indicated that a significant number of patients had low bone density that was ...

What is CT scan (lumbar spine)? CT scan of the lumbar spine is a CT scan of the lower back. A CT scan is an imaging modality which uses special X-ray equipment to produce multiple pictures of the ...

A new study has revealed that an algorithm that takes the patient's size into consideration can cut radiation dose by 41% in lumbar spine CT without compromising the diagnostic quality of the images.

To the Editor: Hasbun et al. (Dec. 13 issue) 1 show that in adults with suspected meningitis, clinical findings can guide the decision to perform cranial computed tomography (CT) before lumbar ...

Patients were exposed to 2.8-times more radiation when they underwent intraoperative CT navigation during placement of spine instrumentation than patients who underwent thoracolumbar instrumentation ...