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A member asked:
How to read brain mri can't wait for results want to know if abnormal can be easily noticed on images i hav of result ?
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Don't do it....: If it were that easy there would not be specialists that spend years training to interpret the scan. Be patient and wait for the results.
Answered 12/9/2012
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