The Evolution of MRI

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The paper discuses magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The paper examines how MRI provides morphological and functional information, and today is the primary technique used in the routine diagnosis of many disease processes. The paper further examines how MRI is non-invasive, uses non-ionizing radiation, and has a high soft-tissue resolution and discrimination in any imaging plane. The paper further discusses the technology of the Upright MRI, and its uses.

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"As the technology of weight-bearing MRI has developed, so too have new applications, from gynecologic to cardiovascular evaluations, as well as new challenges in interpreting the complex images that are now available (Wendling 2005). In 2000, the Fonar Corporation introduced the Upright MRI, which can scan a patient in virtually any position that reproduces pain or other symptoms, thus allowing the detection of pathologies visible only in a variety of weight-bearing positions, including standing, sitting, fexion, and extension (Wendling 2005)."

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