MRI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does MRI mean? 

• MRI (noun)
  The noun MRI has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: MRI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MRI (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 ("MRI" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "MRI"):

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 

In addition, because gadobenate dimeglumine is excreted in the bile, it may be used to visualize the biliary system using MRI.

(Gadobenate dimeglumine, NCI Thesaurus)

The evidence from MRI scans suggests that such Neanderthal-derived genetic variation may affect the way our brains work today – and may hold clues to understanding deficits seen in schizophrenia and autism-related disorders.

(“Residual echo” of ancient humans in scans may hold clues to mental disorders, National Institutes of Health)

The researchers used functional MRI prior to and following the training to image subjects' brains while they listened to the sounds, but did not yet label them.

(How does the brain learn categorization for sounds? The same way it does for images, National Science Foundation)

Researchers used MRI scans to examine brain structure and function in the children with type 1 diabetes compared with 72 healthy children, including siblings.

(Chronic high blood sugar may be detrimental to the developing brain of young children, NIH)

These lesions, which appear as bright spots on MRI images, can be used as a proxy measure of brain white matter disease.

(Physical Activity May Reduce Age-Related Movement Problems, NIH)

A modification of contrast-enhanced MRI that allows observation of functional properties in addition to structural properties.

(Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging, NCI Thesaurus)

An x-ray or computer image (CT scan or MRI) of the blood vessels and blood flow in the body.

(Angiogram, NCI Dictionary)

A drug used in MRI to help make clear pictures of blood vessels in the brain, spine, and nearby tissues.

(Gadobenate dimeglumine, NCI Dictionary)

They include: • X-rays • CT scans • Nuclear medicine scans • MRI scans • Ultrasound

(Diagnostic Imaging, NIH)

MRI method that measure the diffusion of water in the tissue, rather than the content of water as measured in conventional MRI.

(Diffusion MRI, NCI Thesaurus)