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What is MRI?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) combines a powerful magnetic field wih
computer technology to produce detailed images of your body's soft tissue
(organs, muscles, fat). The clarity of these pictures is far greater than
is available with conventional CT scans, X-rays or even myelograms, allowing
your physician to make an earlier and more accurate diagnosis. Therefore,
any treatment can begin sooner.
To accomplish this, MRI systems "see" inside the body. Picture quality is
vastly improved over other techniques such as X-ray or CT scan. With MRI
images, physicians can rule out problems, identify areas for treatment
and track progress with greater speed and accuracy than ever before. An
MRI scan involves no surgery, no radiation, no hospitalization and has no
side effects.
MRI combines a powerful magnet, radio signals and some very smart computer
technology. Because certain atoms in our cells respond to "resonate" slightly
in the presence of magnetic fields, the MRI is able to use that response to create
an amazingly clear, detailed computer picture of internal organs, muscles,
connective tissue, and the central nervous system.
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