The global market for spine x-ray and computed tomography (CT) was valued at USD 0.95 billion, and it is anticipated to reach USD 1.65 billion by 2030 with a CAGR of 5.85%. The Asia-Pacific region ...

Dr. Isaac Moss, an orthopedic surgeon at UConn Health, can see his patient’s spinal column during surgery without cutting the back open or even having to look at a two-dimensional X-ray on a screen.

Doctors can see bamboo spine on an X-ray because the spinal vertebrae appear square and close together. Treatment for bamboo spine depends on each individual case and does not always involve surgery.

When 10-year-old Savannah Murdock saw the S curve of her spine on an X-ray, she saw an opportunity instead of a challenge, and she’s been standing tall ever since. Just several months into her ...

Meaning if you have routine pain over an area of your spine, then an X-ray is not a diagnostic tool to confirm your condition. Thus, the X-ray is irrelevant and you, yourself, have been exposed to ...