What is MRI?
MRI is short for Magnetic Resonance Imaging. (If your doctor has sent you for an MRA [Magnetic Resonance Angiography], this is also a kind of MRI looking specifically at blood vessels.) MRI is an advanced technology that lets your doctor see internal organs, blood vessels, muscles, joints, tumors, areas of infection, and more – with unexcelled clarity without the use of x-rays, surgery, or pain. MRI is very safe; in fact, it makes use of natural forces and has no known harmful effects. It’s important to know that MRI will not expose you to any harmful radiation.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a state-of-the-art technique that allows doctors to see inside the human body in remarkable detail without using x-rays or surgery. MRI images are produced with the use of a powerful magnetic field, radio waves, and a sophisticated computer system. The procedure is safe and painless.
The top section of this FAQ page is intended for veterinarians. For Pet Owner FAQ pages please see the Pet Owners section. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a painless way to look inside the body without x-rays. It uses a powerful magnet, radiowaves and a computer to produce remarkably detailed images of internal tissues and organs. Because MRI can show problems that cannot be seen with other diagnostic imaging techniques, it has rapidly become the most powerful diagnostic imaging modality in human medicine. Up to now, high costs have limited its use in veterinary medicine but recently a group of veterinary radiologists and pathologists in the Portland/Vancouver area (VDIC) has purchased a MRI system.
MRI(Magnetic Resonance Imaging is a diagnostic procedure that uses a computer, a large magnet and radiofrequencies to produce finely detailed images of the body. MRI makes it possible for radiologists to evaluate the liver, spleen, heart, pancreas, reproductive organs and musculoskeletal areas including tendons, ligaments, muscles, bone marrow and cartilage. Because of the extraordinary contrast seen in soft tissue, MRI is extremely helpful in evaluating disorders of the nervous system and the brain. MRI also displays detailed musculoskeletal anatomy in multiple planes.
