Sodium MRI (also known as 23Na-MRI) is a specialised magnetic resonance imaging technique that uses strong magnetic fields, magnetic field gradients, and...
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Magnetic resonance imaging (redirect from MRI)
imaging (MRI) is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to form pictures of the anatomy and the physiological processes inside the body. MRI scanners...
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Sodium nitrite is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula NaNO2. It is a white to slightly yellowish crystalline powder that is very soluble in...
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An MRI pulse sequence in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a particular setting of pulse sequences and pulsed field gradients, resulting in a particular...
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Contrast agent (section MRI contrast agents)
radiodensity in a target tissue or structure. In magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), contrast agents shorten (or in some instances increase) the relaxation...
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it is produced, CSF has a lower chloride level than plasma, and a higher sodium level. CSF contains approximately 0.59% plasma proteins, or approximately...
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Raymond Damadian (section First human MRI body scan)
invented the MRI scanner." He went on to collaborate with Wilson Greatbach, one early developer of the implantable pacemaker, to develop an MRI-compatible...
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Lesions in both grey and white matter are found in postmortem brains in CT and MRI exams. Besides mechanical breakage of the axonal cytoskeleton, DAI pathology...
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radiation) or as contrast agents, for example, in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Such imaging can be enhanced by manipulation of the ligands in a complex...
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Multiple sclerosis (section MRI)
least 2 clinical attacks with MRI showing 2 or more lesions characteristic of MS. At least 2 clinical attacks with MRI showing 1 lesion characteristic...
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a complication of treatment of patients with profound hyponatremia (low sodium), which can result from a varied spectrum of conditions, based on different...
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Spin–lattice relaxation (redirect from T1-weighted MRI)
E; Niyogi, S; Witschey, W; Kneeland, JB; Reddy, R (Nov 2006). "Sodium and T1rho MRI for molecular and diagnostic imaging of articular cartilage". NMR...
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Sodium carbonate-based (Na-X) is used where stainless steel piping and equipment could be damaged by sodium chloride-based agents to control sodium,...
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Acetazolamide (redirect from Acetazolamide sodium)
Hyperchloremic acidosis Hypokalemia (low blood potassium) Hyponatremia (low blood sodium) Adrenal insufficiency Impaired kidney function Hypersensitivity to acetazolamide...
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Fluorodeoxyglucose ([18F]FDG or FDG) is commonly used to detect cancer; [18F]Sodium fluoride (Na18F) is widely used for detecting bone formation; Oxygen-15...
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MRI in some cases may precede onset of clinical manifestations. Brain MRI is the most useful imaging modality for changes related to CJD. Of the MRI sequences...
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about 80% of cases, while MRI may pick up slightly more. A white blood cell count greater than 15,000 cells/mm3 and serum sodium level less than 135 mmol/L...
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Wada test (redirect from Intracarotid sodium amobarbital test)
The Wada test, also known as the intracarotid sodium amobarbital procedure (ISAP) or Wada-Milner Test, establishes cerebral language and memory representation...
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MS evolution Abnormal sodium distribution has been reported in living MS brains. In the early-stage RRMS patients, sodium MRI revealed abnormally high...
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Aortic dissection (section MRI)
diagnosis is suspected based on symptoms with medical imaging, such as CT scan, MRI, or ultrasound used to confirm and further evaluate the dissection. The two...
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astrocytes. The diagnosis typically is made by a combination of a CT scan, MRI scan, and tissue biopsy. There is no known method of preventing the cancer...
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antagonists are diuretic drugs that work primarily on the kidneys. They decrease sodium reabsorption, which leads to increased water excretion by the kidneys. By...
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astronauts who have taken trips in space, based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies. Astronauts who took longer space trips were associated with greater...
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(MRS) is a specialized technique associated with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), also known as nuclear magnetic resonance...
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covalent bonds, resulting in many compounds such as boric acid, the mineral sodium borate, and the ultra-hard crystals of boron carbide and boron nitride....
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intracerebral hematoma, hydrocephalus, brain cancer, brain infections, low blood sodium levels, high altitude, and acute liver failure. Diagnosis is based on symptoms...
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Nerve block (section MRI-guided peripheral nerve block)
be blocked can now be treated with a nerve decompression. Imaging such as MRI has poor correlation with clinical diagnosis of nerve entrapment as well...
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Bone scintigraphy has higher sensitivity but lower specificity than CT or MRI for diagnosis of scaphoid fractures following negative plain radiography...
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may also order an electroencephalogram (EEG) and brain imaging (CT and/or MRI). If this is a person's first seizure and it's provoked, treatment of the...
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kidneys is filtered. Examples of substances reabsorbed are solute-free water, sodium, bicarbonate, glucose, and amino acids. Examples of substances secreted...
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