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How could a ct scan find an abnormality but a mri come clean?
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CT/MRI: They form images based on different physical properties, so certain things may be better delineated on one or the other. CT generally has better spatial resolution, MRI better soft tissue contrast. They are subject to different types of artifacts, which might obscure something on one, but not the other.
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