What Is a Spinal MRI? A spinal MRI, or magnetic resonance imaging, uses powerful magnets, radio waves, and a computer to make clear, detailed pictures of your spine. The MRI may scan your whole ...

Medically reviewed by Eva Umoh Asomugha, M.D. Myelopathy refers to a cluster of symptoms that result from spinal cord compression. This can occur when the spinal cord becomes compressed either by ...

With a history of spinal injury and having not undergone a surgical stabilization, a syrinx was suspected. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study of the patient's cervical and thoracic spine was ...