Medical MRI

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is used in the clinical setting and for experimental research.  MRI demonstrates more exceptional ability to investigate the anatomical, metabolic, perfusion, functional and molecular characteristic of various tissues and organs.  This imaging technique is noninvasive and does not use radiation and is performed in the detection, diagnosis, staging, grading, and treatment of numerous diseases.  Also, dynamic contrast enhancement (DCE)-MRI combined with diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) possesses to improve imaging performance in differentiating benign from malignant sinonasal tumours.  Magnetic resonance imaging has been applied in neuroscience research that focuses on neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD).

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