Shown are MRI scans of a Huntington’s disease (HD) sufferer’s brain (left) and a normal brain (right). In the HD brain, many brain cells have died and fluid (black areas) has filled in those ...

When in the MRI scan room, ECG electrodes for the scanner can ... or cannot hold his or her breath during a scan, the resulting images often appear blurred and are not adequate for interpretation.

New digital images have also been made from original 33mm slides of the first ever MRI scans of the human body. University of Nottingham Peter Mansfield (right) and a technician demonstrating a ...

It combined x-ray images with a computer ... For many situations, MRI is the preferred diagnostic tool -- especially for brain imaging, although CT scan is still chosen for strokes because ...