“Stupid idiots, CT’s do not show bone damage, just tissue. You needed an MRI.”
CT is quick and cheap and does show bone damage and some soft tissue damage. CT is basically “3D xray”.
MRI shows soft tissue and some bone. It is “3D imaging” for soft tissue mainly.
MRI is very expensive.
then why does the CT’s I’ve had never show the compression fracture of the L 4/5, or the fact it is crumbling into my spine? MRI if done by a neurosurgeon will show it along with the annular tears, bone spurs, bulges, herniated disc, but CT’s don’t. Didn’t catch the broken rib either after my last hard belly flop fall from Meneires, bruised the entire ab wall and broke a rib. All the CT found was diverticulosis.