Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
 

The MRI is a medical diagnostic technique that creates images of the body using the principles of nuclear magnetic resonance. A versatile, powerful, and sensitive tool, MRI can generate thin-section images of any part of the body—including the joints of the body such as the shoulder and knee—from any angle and direction, without surgical invasion and in a relatively short period of time. MRI also creates “maps” of biochemical compounds within any cross section of the human body. These maps give basic biomedical and anatomical information that provides new knowledge and may allow early diagnosis of many diseases.

• How MRI works

• History of the MRI

• Frequently asked questions about MRI

• General Information

• COST

Shoulder 

• MRI examples

Knee MRI examples

• Normal MRI

• Arthritis of the Knee-Arthroscopic and MRI Pictures

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