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General practitioners gps are expected to be allowed to request mri scans for adults for selected clinically appropriate indications from november 20 as part of the expansion of medicarefunded mri services announced by the federal government in 2011. Lauterbur and sir peter mansfield were awarded the nobel prize in medicine for their discoveries concerning magnetic resonance imaging. Patient preparation patient position technique scanogram frontal, lateral scan intervals orbitomeatal line. This page presents a comprehensive series of labeled axial, sagittal and coronal images from a normal human brain magnetic resonance imaging exam. This is a basic article for medical students and other nonradiologists mri brain is a specialist investigation that is used for the assessment of a number of neurological conditions. In this t1weighted image, grey matter is lightly coloured, while white matter. Correlate the mri appearances with available previous imaging. Currently, mri is the most sensitive imaging test of the head particularly the. A systematic approach is required for image interpretation. Magnetic resonance imaging mri is a medical imaging technique used to produce high quality images of the human body.
Basic interpretation of ct scans most of the ct pictures are nonspecific ct pictures are depending on the density of the structures. The explanation in this presentation briefly goes over some of the key. Similar to ct a systematic approach is best when interpreting mri brain. Brain imaging in the assessment for epilepsy surgery the.
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