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MRI - How It Works

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) uses a powerful magnetic field and radiowaves to create detailed images of organs and tissues in the body, primarily focusing on hydrogen atoms. When placed in a magnetic field, these hydrogen atoms align and, upon receiving a specific radio frequency pulse, emit signals that are processed to generate 2-D or 3-D images. The entire scanning process typically takes between 15 to 90 minutes, depending on the area being examined.

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MRI - How It Works

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) uses a powerful magnetic field and radiowaves to create detailed images of organs and tissues in the body, primarily focusing on hydrogen atoms. When placed in a magnetic field, these hydrogen atoms align and, upon receiving a specific radio frequency pulse, emit signals that are processed to generate 2-D or 3-D images. The entire scanning process typically takes between 15 to 90 minutes, depending on the area being examined.

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (How it Works?

In the hospital settings, MRI obtain detailed images of the organs and tissues within the
body, a powerful magnetic field and radiowaves are used that took approximately lasts 15 to 90
minutes, depending on the size of the area being scanned to produce an image.
When patients slide into an MRI machine, they take with them the billions of atoms that
make up the human body. For the purposes of an MRI scan, we're only concerned with the
hydrogen atom, which is abundant since the body is mostly made up of water and fat. These
atoms are randomly spinning, or precessing, on their axis. All of the atoms are going in various
directions, but when placed in a magnetic field, the atoms line up in the direction of the field.
These hydrogen atoms have a strong magnetic moment, which means that in a
magnetic field, they line up in the direction of the field. Since the magnetic field runs straight
down the center of the machine, the hydrogen protons line up so that they're pointing to either
the patient's feet or the head. About half go each way, so that the vast majority of the protons
cancel each other out -- that is, for each atom lined up toward the feet, one is lined up toward
the head. Only a couple of protons out of every million aren't canceled out. This doesn't sound
like much, but the sheer number of hydrogen atoms in the body is enough to create extremely
detailed images.
MRI machine applies a radio frequency (RF) pulse that is specific only to hydrogen. The
system directs the pulse toward the area of the body we want to examine. When the pulse is
applied, the unmatched protons absorb the energy and spin again in a different direction. The
system goes through the patient's body point by point, building up a map of tissue types. It then
integrates all of this information to create 2-D images or 3-D models with a mathematical
formula known as the Fourier transform.
The computer receives the signal from the spinning protons as mathematical data; the
data is converted into a picture. That’s the "imaging" part of MRI.

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