Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) generates cross-sectional images of the human body by using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR). The process begins with the positioning of the imaged body in a strong, uniform magnetic field, which polarizes the nuclear magnetic moments of water protons by forcing their spins into one of two possible orientations . Then an appropriately polarized radio-frequency field, applied at resonant frequency, forces spin transitions between orientations .

MRI technology utilizes three primary sources to generate the images that will help your physician in his or her diagnosis. Those three sources are the physical properties of magnetic fields, radio waves, and computers. The computer processes signals that are emitted by body tissue. These signals are produced through a safe magnetic field in combination with radio waves of a specific frequency.

If you have a pacemaker, you should not be imaged because the pacemaker may be damaged in the magnetic field of the scanner. If you have metal filings, shrapnel, or ferromagnetic clips or pins in your body, you probably will not be imaged because these objects could be twisted by the magnetic field and cause serious injuries. Most new surgical metal implants are made of a high quality stainless steel which is non-magnetic. You can be imaged with these. Dental fillings and bridgework are okay.

Open Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Open MRI) is one of the most accurate methods of diagnostic imaging available today. Open MRI enables your physician to view the human body without the use of x-rays or invasive procedures and obtain precise diagnostic information. Open MRI utilizes a strong magnetic field and radio frequency waves to construct a computer image. The image is then printed on a special film that is reviewed by a radiologist.

The MRI machine is a tube (or bore) surrounded by a large circular magnetic field, which a moveable bed moves through.

FerriScan results are lodged and returned using the FerriScan Analysis Service Tracking (FAST) system (follow the "FAST login" link at www.ferriscan.com). Recent jobs will be listed upon login, and selecting the job will bring up the job details screen. A link to the result is listed under the "Images" subheading. Adobe Acrobat Reader or a similar product is required to view the result which is downloaded as a "PDF" file (Adobe's Acrobat Reader is free to download and use from http://www.adobe.

The test is painless and non-invasive. There is no pressure, no probing. An MRI scan is one of the most comfortable tests a patient can have.

It’s a large, wide tube that’s open at both ends and is both bright and well-ventilated. It’s also equipped with a two-way intercom so you can communicate with the technician throughout the procedure.

Water makes up about 95% of living organisms, therefore hydrogen is the most common atom in our bodies. Like our planet, each hydrogen proton spins around a magnetic North pole and South pole. The North and South poles are normally oriented at random. When a patient is placed inside a strong magnetic field, however, the poles line up. This is the first stage of the process. Then the MRI system emits pulses of radio waves that knock the hydrogen protons out of alignment.

A highly trained breast imaging technologist, under the direction of a dedicated board certified radiologist who only interprets breast MRI’s, mammograms and breast ultrasounds, performs the study at The Westchester Breast MRI. Other centers may use technologists who take many different types of x-rays and scans.

Yes. Our office has a Lunar extremity MRI scanner. This machine allows us to obtain appropriate MRI scans of knees, ankles, elbows and wrists. Since this is an extremity scanner, only the extremity is enclosed within the magnetic tube, while the patient remains comfortably seated in a non-enclosed, reclining chair. In many instances, your insurance coverage will allow use of our office MRI. Our support staff will review this with you.

The MRI scanner examines one area of the body at a time. The MRI scanner can take pictures of the head, neck, back, abdomen, pelvis, shoulder, elbow, knee, ankle, foot, blood vessels and more. MRI is predominantly excellent at distinguishing soft tissues such as imaging the brain, spinal cord and joint structures.

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