magnetic resonance imaging

plural magnetic resonance imagings

1. uncountableA technique that uses nuclear magnetic resonance to form cross sectional images of the human body for diagnostic purposes.

   Synonyms: MRI

2. countableAn instance of this technique being used; an image made using this technique.

   Confirmation of the condition is made through radiographs, bone scans, or magnetic resonance imagings (MRI’s).

   1995, Marcia K. Anderson, Susan J. Hall, “Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease”, in Sports Injury Management, Media, Pa.: Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, section III (Injuries to the Lower Extremity), chapter 9 (Thigh, Hip, and Pelvis Injuries), page 339, column 2

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   I had blood tests for HIV, hepatitis and scores of other illnesses, and two MRIs (magnetic resonance imagings, which show internal organs) to rule out cancer.

   1998 April, Sharon Andrzejewski, as told to Wendy Marston, “‘For five years, I was exhausted, feverish and sick. The doctors said it was stress. I knew it was more’”, in Elizabeth Crow, editor, Mademoiselle, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 170, column 1

   Follow-up magnetic resonance imagings showed some shrinkage of the tumor in one patient, but no complete radiological remission.

   2006, M. Marberger, Y. K. Fong, “Extracorporeal Tissue Tripsy in Urology”, in Inderbir S[ingh] Gill, editor, Textbook of Laparoscopic Urology, New York, N.Y.; Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Informa, →ISBN, section XI (The Future), page 1086

   Synonyms: MRI