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A 28-year-old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: magnetic resonance imaging?
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Dr. Lori Wagneranswered
Internal Medicine 28 years experience
Magnet: A magnet is used to create a magnetic field; the different cells of the body react at difference speeds; this produces an image.
5.4k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
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A 21-year-old member asked:
What is magnetic resonance imaging (mri)
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Dr. Paul Cohenanswered
Family Medicine 29 years experience
Nice pictres...: A very hi-tech, no radiation way of taking pictures of our bodies to aid doctors in helping pinpoint what is going on in a particular area of our body.
6.1k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
Last updated Jan 3, 2013
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