What is a MRI?

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What is a MRI?

Answer 1

Magnetic Resonance Imaging- It is a lot like an x-ray but it can see images in your body more clearly than an  x-ray can. It is a scan of a particular area of the body that is needing to be further examined.

Answer 2

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is one of the most accurate ways to examine the soft tissue areas of the body.

MRI enables physicians to visualize differences among soft tissue with incredible acuity. It is a painless, noninvasive procedure that uses no ionizing radiation. Instead, MRI combines computer technology with magnetism and radio waves to create multiple pictures of the inside of the body. These images can be obtained in multiple planes of the body, thus creating a three-3 dimensional map of the area under study. After these images are transferred to film, they are interpreted by a MRI radiologist to detect disease or injury.