More Men Are Getting MRI Before Prostate Biopsy, but a Major Gap Remains

For a man facing a prostate biopsy, an MRI scan can give doctors a clearer idea of where to look for cancer before they ...
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Full-body MRI scans are trending but radiologists say healthy people should think twice

You’ve seen the ads. A quick MRI or ultrasound, no symptoms required, and you’ll supposedly get ahead of any disease lurking ...
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Visualising multiple sclerosis with a new MRI procedure

ETH Zurich researchers have developed a new method of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the early detection and better monitoring of multiple sclerosis (MS). The method maps the myelin sheaths in ...

New test diagnoses MS without needle procedure

A test developed in Nottingham is helping to diagnose multiple sclerosis (MS) without the need for an invasive lumbar ...
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Good Enough to Be True: Lego donated model MRI scanners to comfort children

A Lego employee and physicians at a Danish hospital first developed a Lego model of a magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, machine, in 2015 to help children understand the procedure and feel ...

Dear Doctor: Why an MRI is the better choice even when you have a pacemaker

A patient with a pacemaker and a parotid gland neoplasm is advised that MRI is safer and more accurate than CT scans for ...