Fluoroscopy and Cineradiography

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Fluoroscopy and cineradiography are diagnostic tools used to examine spinal structures at rest and during:

• Movement (biomechanics)
• Exams for musculoskeletal injury, such as whiplash
• Diagnostic procedures, such as discography or myelography
• Vertebroplasty treatment of vertebral compression fracture
• Spinal injection therapies
• Post-operative evaluation of spinal fusion

This technology combines conventional fluoroscopy, or x-ray, with video-making capabilities.  Images are recorded on tape or digitally and can be replayed in real time, slow motion, or one frame at a time (freeze frame).

Either test can reveal more about a musculoskeletal injury, such as whiplash, than a static or plain x-ray. Using this technology, a physician can view spinal structures, such as joints and discs, in motion and interacting together.