MRI price in the US According to articles published in Forbes, MRI might get even more expensive because of the new plans by the US Congress to introduce medical device tax. Currently, MRI cost varies based on facility & location. If you belong to more than 40% of US adults and have Read more…
Almost in every article about MRI safety you can find that MRI for patient with a pacemaker is not suitable. However, there are conditions when a patient with pacemaker can get an MRI examination. The MRI scanner is a tube surrounded by a giant circular magnet which creates a strong magnetic field. This magnetic field Read more…
What is Breast MRI? Breast MRI is the most sensitive method for detection of breast cancer. Depending on international health regulations, it is either applied for screening of women at high risk for developing breast cancer (e.g. BRCA-1 and BRCA-2 carriers), as an additional diagnostic test in pre-therapeutic breast cancer staging, Read more…
Traditional and cosmetic tattoo procedures have been performed for thousands of years. Unfortunately, there is much confusion regarding the overall safety aspects of permanent cosmetics. For example, based on a few reports of symptoms localized to the tattooed area during MR imaging, many radiologists have refused to perform examinations on Read more…
Pregnancy If you are pregnant or suspect you are pregnant, you should inform the MRI technologist and/or radiologist during the screening procedure that is conducted before the MRI examination. Otherwise, you should be asked about this matter anyway. In general, there is no known risk of using MRI during pregnancy. However, Read more…