How to get ready for the examination?
You (or your child) will have to be able to lie still for 15 minutes to one hour.
If your child cannot lie still for this amount of time, sedation may be needed. A child who needs sedation cannot have solid foods, formula or milk for six hours before the appointment. Clear liquids such as water and juice without pulp can be given until two hours before the exam.
Sometimes contrast material is necessary for MRI exams. If you (or your child) need contrast material, do not eat or drink for two hours before your appointment.
If sedation or contrast is needed, a nurse, doctor or technologist will go over the details with you.
Since some noises from the MRI machine will be loud, we will offer you (or your child) ear plugs. If your child has a favorite blanket, you may bring it with you. Any special toy that does not have any metal parts may also be brought along.

Who performs the MRI exam?
The MRI technician and the radiology nurse will give the sedation and contrast (if needed) and take the pictures. Both technician and nurse are under the supervision of a radiologist, a doctor specialized in MRI radiology examinations.

Who looks at the results?
The radiologist (usually a Professor) will view all of the pictures and then write a report.

Is there any risk from the radiation?
MRI does not use radiation to make the pictures; it uses the magnet and radio waves to make them. There are no known risks with MRI.

What happens after the MRI exam?
When the exam is completed, you may go home or back to your hospital room (if you are an inpatient).

Who looks at the results?
The radiologist (usually a Professor) will view all of the pictures and then write a report.

Is there any risk from the radiation?
MRI does not use radiation to make the pictures; it uses the magnet and radio waves to make them. There are no known risks with MRI.

What happens after the MRI exam?
When the exam is completed, you may go home or back to your hospital room (if you are an inpatient).

MR exams in MRC center:

Brain Temporal bones Temporomandibular joints Orbit and brain Pituitary and brain Neck Larynx Chest Cardiac Abdomen Pelvic Abdominal and pelvic

Musculoskeletal Both knees Shoulder Both shoulders Hips and pelvis Both Breasts Cervical spine Dorsal spine Lumbo-sacral spine Cervico-dorsal spine Dorso-lumbar spine Whole spine

Special techniques:

MR angiography intra-cranial MR angiography extra-cranial MR venography brain MR angiography peripheral MR angiography renal MR angiography hepatic

MR angiography thoraxic & abdominal aorta MR angiography mesenteric MR venography peripheral MRCP (MR cholangio-pancreatography) MR urography MR myelography

MR venography showing Occlusion of left sigmoid and transverse sinus	Basal view of MR angiography of intracranial vessels
Right AV malformation with arterial supply and venous drainage as well as nidus seen on a 3D study	MRCP showing a stone at the lower end of the common bile duct with dilated biliary radicles.
MR urography showing left hydronephrosis secondary to a stone at the left upper ureter.	MR myelography with small arachnoid cysts and diverticulae

3 Dimentional reconstructed imaging: (New Arrivals)

Angiography Facial bones

3D CT scan Study

Easy vision virtual imaging working station:

Virtual bonchoscopy Virtual colonoscopy Virtual sinuscopy Maximum intensity projection (MIP) Surface shaded viewing Perfusion MR analysis Dental view examination	Virtual endoscopy study in a working station.

To see the preparation for the exams see MRI patient preparation