What do MRI results tell you?

MRI can be used to detect brain tumors, traumatic brain injury, developmental anomalies, multiple sclerosis, stroke, dementia, infection, and the causes of headache.

How do you read an MRI Left or right?

The most important model coordinate system for medical imaging is the anatomical coordinate system (also called patient coordinate system). MRI is viewed as if it were a picture, so left is shown on the right.

What is an abnormal brain MRI?

In the simplest terms, an abnormal brain MRI means that the scan does not show a healthy brain. The scanned image may show structural damages that may indicate injury but also lesions, inflammation, swelling, and bleeding.

Do MRI techs know results?

“Plenty of patients ask, but techs should not give information and should not even react to what they’re seeing on the image,” Edwards said. “They aren’t doctors, and while they do know how to get around your anatomy, they aren’t qualified to diagnose you.”

What does an abnormal MRI mean?

How do I know if I have T1 or T2 MRI?

The best way to tell the two apart is to look at the grey-white matter. T1 sequences will have grey matter being darker than white matter. T2 weighted sequences, whether fluid attenuated or not, will have white matter being darker than grey matter. Read more about FLAIR sequence.

What do white spots on spine MRI mean?

One thing that causes a lot of confusion is the presence on an MRI report of small white dots in the middle of the brain. These have a variety of names including high signal change, white matter change and small vessel disease. Sometimes they are even called ‘Unidentified Bright Objects or UBOs’.

Does your whole body go in for a lower back MRI?

An MRI can be performed on any part of your body. A lumbar MRI specifically examines the lumbar section of your spine — the region where back problems commonly originate.

How do I view MRI images on my computer?

Most MRI programs start with a large black space on one side of the screen and a smaller toolbar on the other side. If you see small preview pictures of your MRI images in the toolbar, double click on the image you want to view. It should load a large version of the image into the black area.

How are MRI results interpreted?

Interpreting MRI Results. MRI reports are written by a radiologist (a medical professional with advanced training in the use of MRI). These reports tend to consist of a lot of medical terminology that may look like a foreign language to a patient with no medical training. Terms like enhancing, coronal, axial, MRA,…

How do you make sense of an MRI scan?

Making Sense of Your MRI Familiarize yourself with the different MRI viewing schemes. Look for contrast to identify different body features. Pick an appealing series layout. Use the section-cut line to see where cross-sections are located. Drag the section-cut line to view new parts of the study.

Can a doctor read your MRI results?

Because of all these technical terms, your physician will typically sit down and walk you through what the MRI results mean. Fully interpreting the results of your MRI requires the aid of a qualified physician or MRI radiologist. These professionals are trained to read and analyze an MRI report.