Unlike X-rays and computerized tomography (CT) scans, it doesn’t use damaging ... as well as the spinal disks, spinal canal, and spinal cord. The test looks for: The presence of medical devices ...

With spinal stenosis, such narrowing of the spinal canal or the spaces between the vertebrae ... with imaging studies such as MRI or CT scans and, sometimes, by nerve conduction tests.

Most often reported measures for central stenosis were antero-posterior diameter (< 10 mm) and cross-sectional area (< 70 mm 2) of spinal canal. For lateral stenosis height and depth of the ...