The MRI Process


 

 


Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a revolutionary imaging system that safely creates finely detailed views of your body's internal tissues. This state-of-the-art technology can be used to diagnose disease or view internal damage of tissues, without using radiation. MRI procedure gives your doctor many different and detailed views of the inside of your body. This allows medical problems to be diagnosed more quickly and safely than ever before.

Magnetic resonance imaging is performed using a large magnet that is big enough for you to lie inside. The magnet directs harmless radio signals around sections of your body. When the signals pass through your body, they resonate, that is, release a signal. Your body's response is picked up a receiver, then sent to a computer. The computer analyzes the signal and converts it to a visual image that is displayed on a video screen and printed on special film.

     
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