Imaging Services: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
About MRI
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
MRI is one of the newest and most technically elegant examinations ordered.
The scan relies on the use of a large magnet and radio transmitters and receiver to visualize the atoms of the body.
The scanner is able to form images that provide a highly accurate roadmap of the human anatomy.
MRI is commonly used to visualize problems of the brain and spinal cord. Tumor diagnosis and problems of the vascular system and bones and joints are other popular applications of this scan techniques.
The scan can take between 30 minutes to an hour in general.
Not everybody can have an MRI. If you have a pacemaker or automatic defibrillator, this test is not right for you.
Because of the higher cost of the MRI scan, this test is commonly ordered when a diagnostic solution can not be obained by other techniques.
