Find out how a spinal X-ray can help you and your doctor figure out why you're having neck and back pain. Learn how the procedure is performed and if there are any safety risks.

The mild outward curve of your upper spine, called kyphosis, is normal. However, for some people, that spinal curvature increases noticeably with age, creating a stooped-over, head-forward posture.

Meaning if you have routine pain over an area of your spine, then an X-ray is not a diagnostic tool to confirm your condition. Thus, the X-ray is irrelevant and you, yourself, have been exposed to ...

Investigators have developed an artificial intelligence-assisted diagnostic system that can estimate bone mineral density in both the lumbar spine and the femur of the upper leg, based on X-ray images ...

The global market for spine x-ray and computed tomography (CT) was valued at USD 0.95 billion, and it is anticipated to reach USD 1.65 billion by 2030 with a CAGR of 5.85%. The Asia-Pacific region ...

Investigators have developed an artificial intelligence-assisted diagnostic system that can estimate bone mineral density in both the lumbar spine and the femur of the upper leg, based on X-ray ...

Dr. Isaac Moss, an orthopedic surgeon at UConn Health, can see his patient’s spinal column during surgery without cutting the back open or even having to look at a two-dimensional X-ray on a … ...

Bamboo spine is one complication of AS, where spinal bones fuse together. Early detection of and treatment for AS can slow or prevent bamboo spine.

Yesterday (December 12), Zimmerman shared an x-ray of his (presumably) chest, which shows a spine that has a scoliosis-like sideways curve to it.