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`yes, the difference is dramatic. My condition was rated "mild" by one radiologist and "severe" by another. The radiologists are just as subjective in classifying many less then totally obvioulsy severe conditions as the doctors.

My lumbar surgery proved that things were very wrong in my lumbar spine and worse then even the darkest interpretation by a radiologist. They are supposed to interpret what they can see and no more but obviously it not clearly defined how to exactly describe what they see.

Some doctors read the report and go simply by that. The better ones will interpret the images and then double check the report. One of my doctors called the radiologist and discussed the report.