Can a DR film diagnose a herniated lumbar disc?

Can a DR film diagnose a herniated lumbar disc? It can't. In fact, the content of the DR display, and ordinary X-ray photos are the same, for the lumbar spine DR, mainly show the physiological curvature of the lumbar segment of the spine, there is no osteophytes, bony vertebral canal there is no significant stenosis, the spinal space is proportional or not, intervertebral joints there is no degeneration and so on, due to the intervertebral discs are cartilage, in the conventional X-ray photos do not show, unless there is calcification or serious gasification. To see the lumbar intervertebral discs, you need to do a disc CT or MRI.