Description
What can be detected by MRI brain?
- Stroke
- MS
- Cancer - brain tumor
- Acute stroke
- Dementia
- Epilepsy
- Inflammation
- Expansiveness
- Substance changes
Why is the brain examined with an MRI?
The brain is a complex organ that lends itself to investigations using the latest magnetic camera technology. The brain's anatomy, morphology and function can be portrayed in detail with the help of a magnetic camera.
The images can reveal diseases such as cancer, dementia, stroke and epilepsy at an early stage. The technology also enables detection and mapping of disease states that are difficult to detect with ordinary X-ray examinations, such as metastases.
Symptoms such as severe headache and other neurological symptoms from the brain, eye sockets and sinuses can be serious and should be investigated.
The earlier you find morbid changes in the brain, the greater the opportunity for healthcare to start the right treatment in good time. The examination is advanced, painless and completely harmless as you are exposed to non-ionizing radiation.
Preparations
If you have metal splinters, a pacemaker, an insulin pump or other electronic equipment in your body, you cannot be examined with a magnetic camera. Metal that is not magnetic, on the other hand, does not pose an obstacle for magnetic camera examination.
How does it happen?
A magnetic camera looks like a tunnel with two openings on each side. During the examination itself, you lie still on a bed that is brought into a tunnel that is about 2 meters long.
The image taking itself produces sound, which is why hearing protection is offered. The magnetic camera takes several series of images during the examination, up to hundreds, in order to e.g. be able to image organs and tissues.
The examination usually takes between 25-50 minutes and if you are worried there are usually sedatives available. After a completed examination, you can almost always leave the clinic and return to your everyday life.
Survey results
Your results are always reviewed by x-ray specialists and analyzed and compiled by specialist doctors in an individual written report that is sent to you within 7-10 working days after a completed examination.
