Case Studies

The Physicians Stand-Up^TM MRI is the whole-body MRI with the ability to perform Position Imaging^TM. Patients can be scanned in a multitude of positions, including standing, sitting flexion, extension, rotation and lateral bending, as well as recumbent positions used in conventional "lie-down" MRI scanning. Scanning can be upright in weight-bearing positions and in patient's position of pain, providing crucial diagnostic information that is impossible to obtain from conventional MRI.

The recumbent scan for this patient with recurrent low back pain and polyradiculopathy following L4-S1 laminectomy and fusion is shown on the left. The Stand-Up^TM scan (right) shows postoperative intersegmental hypermobile instability associated with mobile fluctuating stenosis of the central spinal canal at the level above spinal fusion, resulting in a more accurate diagnosis.