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The Cleveland Browns are doing their best Oprah impersonation: "You get an MRI! You get an MRI! You get an MRI!" After their loss to the New York Giants in monumentally disappointing fashion, head ...
A spine MRI makes a very detailed picture of your spine to help your doctor diagnose back and neck pain, tingling hands and feet, and other conditions.
New imaging technology at UCHealth Parkview Medical Center aims to improve patient experience and replace a 20-year-old 34,000-pound device.
Safety concerns are being raised about a medical center in California after a nurse was recently pinned between an MRI machine and a bed during a freak accident, an investigation by KTVU uncovered.
Unlike an open MRI, a person must undergo a closed MRI in a tube-like tunnel that is open on only one end. Closed MRIs are associated with clearer, more detailed images.
The open shape of the machine allows for scanning of patients up to 550 pounds. In addition to being more comfortable, the MRI experience is also up to 70 percent quieter.
Doctors may use an MRI scan to detect a brain aneurysm in specific cases. MRI scans and other imaging techniques can help detect a brain aneurysm and reveal its shape and precise location.
The explosion risk has been linked only to magnet quench procedures. These are rare occurrences typically performed only in case of emergency to rapidly shut down an MRI machine—although ...
Backus Hospital will add two MRIs in a new building so the machines can be used 24/7. Here's how that's a benefit to patients.
The machine is producing images of the human brain to a resolution of 0.2 of a millimetre, compared to about 1mm in other high-end commercial machines.
UCHealth Parkview in Pueblo has upgraded its imaging technology with the installation of a state-of-the-art magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine. The new system will provide faster, more ...