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Did you have it done at medserena or elsewhere? Did the images come with software or just raw images?hello @sb4
I just had my cervical supine RMI done today, and it looks rather similar to your, with a small hernia( C5-C6 for me).
I'd like to do some pictures and mesures, what software should I use?
Any advise on this would be welcome, thanks!
I had it done in my local clinic in my country. I think the images are raw (DICOM)Did you have it done at medserena or elsewhere? Did the images come with software or just raw images?
https://www.visus.com/en/downloads/jivex-dicom-viewer.htmlI had it done in my local clinic in my country. I think the images are raw (DICOM)
Hello @sb4 , thank you for your help, i finally managed to open the pics with the Software in the mri disc ! I will try to do some measures when I will back home. The radiologist said nothing significant, but the hernia leaves a free space for the cord that is about 10 mm or less so it seems consistant with a moderate stenosis. My transverse ligament seems similar to yours .@pattismith You have any luck with that software?
hello @sb4
I just had my cervical supine RMI done today, and it looks rather similar to your, with a small hernia( C5-C6 for me).
I'd like to do some pictures and mesures, what software should I use?
Any advise on this would be welcome, thanks!
There is no way I can afford surgery, especially considering how at the moment, I think based on my MRI that it could be causing or at least significantly contributing to my autonomic dysfunction but it could also not, or only be having a mild effect. I am really not sure at this point but at the moment leaning slightly in the direction of it being significant.Have you decided whether to treat it or not? I know thats a big choice to make, the cost / benefit is very difficult to estimate considering there's no guarantee that such a surgery will help you. That being said there's still a chance that it might.
Interesting. When you makes some measurements will you post them in this thread? I will be interested in comparing.Hello @sb4 , thank you for your help, i finally managed to open the pics with the Software in the mri disc ! I will try to do some measures when I will back home. The radiologist said nothing significant, but the hernia leaves a free space for the cord that is about 10 mm or less so it seems consistant with a moderate stenosis. My transverse ligament seems similar to yours .
I don't Know yet but there is very little chance that I might be offered any surgery for such benign stenosis. Surgery here seems to be proposed to patients who have motor or reflexe deficit only.Have you decided whether to treat it or not? I know thats a big choice to make, the cost / benefit is very difficult to estimate considering there's no guarantee that such a surgery will help you. That being said there's still a chance that it might.
Yes, I think you were sitting, whereas I was lying supine with a special pillow under my neck.@pattismith I measured my grabb-oakes however it wasn't pathological. I think something like 7mm. Although comparing our images my upper spinal cord seems to bend more at this point.
I get about the same readings at you for the stenosis lower down.
Yeah the million dollar question is, is it causing symptoms. I wonder why your images look at lot clearer than mine? Perhaps I was moving too much.
I notice on @Hip survey (which I will now fill out) Smith dx the majority (53%) as okay yet Gillette has around 90%. Perhaps I would get some kind of dx from him but is he over-diagnosing or is Smith missing more subtle ques?
It is annoying as well because for both flexion and rotations I could have gone a lot further however the head brace they put you in wouldn't let me. Makes me wonder if they would have shown up as increased flexibility.