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© 1990 British Society for Rheumatology

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INFRARED THERMOGRAPHIC IMAGING, MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CT SCAN AND MYELOGRAPHY IN LOW BACK PAIN

D. THOMAS*,1, D. CULLUM*, GEORGIA SIAHAMIS* and SUZANNE LANGLOIS{dagger}

*Adelaide Medical Thermography Centre 55 Jerningham Street, North Adelaide, South Australia;
{dagger}Royal Adelaide Hospital, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia

Correspondence to: 1Correspondence to Dr D. Thomas.

Sixty-five cases of chronic low back pain were studied. Infrared thermography (IRT) was abnormal in 92%, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in 89%, computerized tomography (CT) in 87% and myelography in 80%. IRT correlated with MRI in 94% of cases, and with CTin 87% of cases. Of 22 MRI positive disc and root cases, 21 (95%) had significant leg abnormalities on IRT. All 19 cases with radicular involvement on CT and all 18 with radicular involvement on myelography demonstrated significant leg changes on IRT.

KEY WORDS: Imaging, Spine, Skin temperature, Lumbar nerve root, Comparisons, Thermography


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