Moreover, only the composite score Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology Index (BASMI) has been evaluated rather than individual components of BASMI (tragus-to-wall distance, cervical rotation, ...

Imaging confirmation of SpA would be desirable ... SIJ radiographs were scored using modified New York criteria (mNYC)21 for AS, and spine images according the modified Stoke Ankylosing Spondylitis ...

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) can increase your risk of developing osteoporosis. Some lifestyle changes may help delay or prevent its development. AS is a chronic, inflammatory condition that causes ...

Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic rheumatic inflammatory disease. Before the advent of biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, treatment was often ineffective, and severe ankylosing ...

Preparation guidelines for a CT scan depend on the type of scan you’re having. If you’re having a bowel scan or a scan with contrast dye, you may need to adjust your diet. Preparation for a CT ...

Now, odontologists at the University of Gothenburg have taken this research further, looking at not only teeth but also entire skulls, by using modern computed tomography, also known as CT scans.

He says they were the first to see through a pack of cards using CT scans, at least publicly. “We started getting calls and emails and requests to do videos like this,” said Irwin.

That recently changed thanks to computed tomography (CT) scanning technology. Using the imaging technique, an interdisciplinary team of forensic dental experts, archeologists, and radiologists ...

The most prominent clinical sign of infectious spondylitis was back pain ... Extensive osteolytic destruction of the vertebral body with spinal instability or kyphotic deformity was observed ...

"Annotating 45,000 CT scans with 6 million anatomical shapes would require an expert radiologist to have started working around 420 BCE—the era of Hippocrates—to complete the task by 2025," says lead ...