MRI
noun
: magnetic resonance imaging
also
: the procedure in which magnetic resonance imaging is used
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Kathleen Valentini died the year after her request for an MRI was denied, killed by cancer that could have been caught earlier.
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Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
Next-generation MCGs have the potential to elevate patient care by filling the gap between EKGs and biomarker tests (which measure cardiac enzyme levels and take hours for lab analysis), and costly and complex MRI, PET, CT and invasive angiography procedures.
—Jack Hidary, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, the technology for whole-body MRI scans continues to improve.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
And if a person later has an MRI, swelling and burning of the eye can occur if the machine’s powerful magnetic field interacts with trace colorant metals in the new pigment.
—Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2025
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Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
Next-generation MCGs have the potential to elevate patient care by filling the gap between EKGs and biomarker tests (which measure cardiac enzyme levels and take hours for lab analysis), and costly and complex MRI, PET, CT and invasive angiography procedures.
—Jack Hidary, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, the technology for whole-body MRI scans continues to improve.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
And if a person later has an MRI, swelling and burning of the eye can occur if the machine’s powerful magnetic field interacts with trace colorant metals in the new pigment.
—Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2025
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MRI
noun
: magnetic resonance imaging
also
: a procedure in which magnetic resonance imaging is used
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