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How an MRI works

The Tartan: Advances in medical technology have changed not only the way that doctors treat patients, but also how doctors discover what, exactly, needs to be treated.

One of the most accurate forms of imaging available to doctors today is the MRI. An MRI, or magnetic resonance image, is a picture of the insides of a living organism.

Posted by Jenny Corrado on August 29, 2006 10:32 AM |

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