A Many Views to Clarify the Findings

The resonance imaging of mri scan is an imaging test that uses powerful magnets and radio waves that create pictures of the inside of the belly area that does not use radiation like x-rays. A mri images are called slices that can be stored on a computer, viewed on a monitor or scanned to a disc once exam produces dozens or sometimes hundreds of images on how to test is performed. It may be asked to wear a hospital gown or clothing without metal zippers or snaps such as sweatpants and a t-shirt and a certain types of metal can cause blurry images when mri is performed. Lying down on a narrow table that slides into a large tunnel-shaped scanner with some exams require a special dye contrast and most of the time the dye is given during the test through a vein in hand or forearm. The dye helps the radiologist see certain areas more clearly when mri is perform. During the mri Mackay, the person who operates the machine will watch from another room and the test lasts half hour or so.

The preparation for the mri test may be asked not to eat or drink anything for four to six hours before the scan and telling your health care provider if you are afraid of close spaces like claustrophobia. It may be given a medicine to help you feel sleepy and less anxious and the provider may also suggest an open mri in which the machine is not as close to the body before the test. It is always wise to tell the provider if you have any of these kind of condition to avoid complication like artificial heart valves, brain aneurysm clips, heart defibrillator or pacemaker, inner ear/cochlear implants, kidney disease or dialysis or recently placed artificial joints to certain types of vascular stents or worked with sheet metal in the past that may need tests to check for metal pieces in the eye. Because the mri contains strong magnets to metal objects that are not allowed into the room with the mri scanner and avoid carrying items such as pocketknives, pens, eyeglasses, watches, credit cards, jewelry and hearing aids if you have.

Hairpins, metal zippers, and similar items like removable dental implants will how the test will feel to an mri exam that causes no pain by getting the medicine to relax you if you have a problem lying still or are very nervous because moving too much can blur the mri images and cause errors. The table may be hard or cold but asking for a blanket or pillow is appropriate and the machine makes loud thumping and humming noises when turned on. You can wear ear plugs to help reduce the noise with an intercom in the room allows you to speak to someone at any time because some mri have TVs and uncommon earphones to enable you to take a break. Recovery time is no need unless you were given a medicine to help you relax after the mri scan and can go back to the normal diet, activity and medicines because the test is performed at the abdominal mri which provides detailed pictures of the scanned area from many views and often used to clarify findings from earlier x-rays or CT scans.