MRI stands for Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Non painful, an MRI uses radio waves and powerful magnets linked to a computer to create very clear and detailed pictures of your internal organs and tissues without using radiation. Hundreds of pictures are taken very quickly. These will show the differences between normal and diseased tissues and enable your doctor to to give a better diagnosis as to your particular problem. These conditions include cancer, hear and vascular disease, breat diseases, stroke, join and musculoskeletal disorders. An MRI takes a body part, slices it in the computer, and creates hundreads of photos of hundreds of different slices, giving your doctor a more intricate view of your body. Your doctor gets a report within 2 to 3 days after the MRI, giving the ability to determine your diagnosis.

It was a rather interesting experience. I am looking forward to learning what my doctor determines from the results of the MRI.