MRI of spine and sacroiliac joints (inflammatory back pain protocol)
unenhanced MRI
tests per year, UK, when the X-ray is not diagnostic
“If the plain film X-ray does not show sacroiliitis meeting modified New York criteria (bilateral grade 2 to 4 or unilateral grade 3 to 4 sacroiliitis), or an X-ray is not appropriate because the person's skeleton is not fully mature, request unenhanced MRI using an inflammatory back pain protocol.”
NICE NG65, Spondyloarthritis in over 16s: diagnosis and management, recommendations, 2017-02
- Kind of source
- Clinical guideline
- Read on
- 2026-11-06
- Daily check
- Quote found at the source on 2026-11-06
- What to know
- STIR and T1 sequences of the whole spine and sacroiliac joints.
Used in
Kept as evidence; no figure on the platform is computed from it yet.