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Is full body mri scanning effective?
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NOT POSSIBLE: The doctor usually orders the MRI of a specific body part (head, chest, abdomen/pelvis, shoulder, knee etc) where the symptoms are located or where the disease is suspected. A whole body MRI is not possible because there is no such thing as whole body coil which is the essential part of getting an MRI image. Each body part has a separate coil for getting an mri.
Answered 6/10/2014
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