Case Studies

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Here are two scans    of  a patient with low back pain. The patient had surgery but the pain and symptoms continued to get worse. The image on the left was made with the patient lying down. It shows a normal alignment of the vertebrae. The image on the right, which was done Upright®, revealed that the patient had a dramatic spinal instability that the lying–down scan did not reveal and that the first surgery did not address. Following visualization of the spinal dislocation seen by the UPRIGHT® MRI, the patient underwent surgery a second time. The patient has been pain free ever since.

(Images courtesy of M. Rose, MD; Rose Radiology Centers)   
More Case Studies from Fonar:

• Spondylolisthesis shown to require additional fusion segment once its degree of instability, not visible by recumbent-only MRI, was demonstrated by Fonar Upright MRI.

• Ice Hockey Player with Posttraumatic Transient Spinal Cord Injury (TSCI)

• Transient Quadriparesis with Drop Attack and Chronic Neck and Arm Pain

• Severe Kyphosis Rendering Recumbent Imaging Impossible

• Ligamentous Rupture Associated With Mobile Anterolisthesis

• Positional Generation of Clinical Symptoms

• Bladder and Uterine Prolapse

• Position-Related Recurrent Disc Hernation

• Evaluation of Spinal Stability

• Upright Dynamic MRI Reveals Hidden Disc Herniation

• Severe Spondylolisthesis Undetected by Recumbent MRI

• Upright Dynamic MRI Reveals Occult Disc Herniation