About two years ago I wrote a column in the Kitsap Sun designed to be a public service announcement, highlighting several shortcomings of diagnostic imaging (like x-rays, MRIs, etc.) for back pain.

BARCELONA, Spain — Data from a prospective imaging study question the use of x-ray radiography first in the diagnostic workup of patients with suspected axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), a practice ...

Patients will often ask me: “Doc why do I need an X-ray, why don't we just get an MRI?” I have also recently had a patient specifically ask me: “Doc, why do you get X-rays anymore when you can get ...

Several studies published this summer showcase the potential for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a hard- and soft-tissue diagnostic tool in dentistry, and research groups in Germany are leading ...

For patients who may benefit from such scans, it's unclear whether including the spine as well as the sacroiliac joint ...