MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does magnetic resonance imaging mean? 

• MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (noun)
  The noun MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING has 1 sense:

1. the use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images

  Familiarity information: MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

magnetic resonance imaging; MRI

Hypernyms ("magnetic resonance imaging" is a kind of...):

imaging; tomography ((medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "magnetic resonance imaging"):

fMRI; functional magnetic resonance imaging (a form of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain that registers blood flow to functioning areas of the brain)

 Context examples 

Also called magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, and nuclear magnetic resonance imaging.

(NMRI, NCI Dictionary)

Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging is especially useful for imaging the brain, the spine, the soft tissue of joints, and the inside of bones.

(Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging, NCI Dictionary)

Chelates of gadolinium are frequently utilized as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents and can be used to track nanoparticle-mediated drug delivery.

(Gadolinium-Chelate, NCI Thesaurus)

A substance used in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to help make clear pictures of the brain, spine, heart, soft tissue of joints, and inside bones.

(Gadopentetate dimeglumine, NCI Dictionary)

Gadopentetate dimeglumine may provide contrast enhancement during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of intracranial lesions with abnormal vascularity or of abnormalities in the blood-brain barrier (BBB).

(Gadopentetate dimeglumine, NCI Thesaurus)

Gadolinium texaphyrin is also used in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to help find cancer cells in the body.

(Gadolinium texaphyrin, NCI Dictionary)

Researchers have shown that a type of magnetic resonance imaging — called neuromelanin-sensitive MRI (NM-MRI) — is a potential biomarker for psychosis.

(Neuromelanin-sensitive MRI identified as a potential biomarker for psychosis, National Institutes of Health)

A paramagnetic extracellular magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent that facilitates visualization of abnormal vascularity.

(Gadoversetamide, NCI Thesaurus)

A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) pulse sequence that uses an inversion recovery technique to null fluids present in the imaging area, improving clarity of the object of interest.

(Fluid Attenuated Inversion Recovery, NCI Thesaurus)

A metal element that is used in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and other imaging methods.

(Gadolinium, NCI Dictionary)