magnetic resonance imaging

magnetic resonance imaging

English

Noun

magnetic resonance imaging (uncountable) (abbreviated as MRI)

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

Synonyms

• MRI

Coordinate terms

• nuclear magnetic resonance

Derived terms

• functional magnetic resonance imaging

Translations

technique — See also translations at MRI

Armenian: մագնիսառեզոնանսային շերտագրություն (magnisaṙezonansayin šertagrutʿyun), մագնիսառեզոնանսային տոմոգրաֆիա (magnisaṙezonansayin tomografia) Chinese: Mandarin: 核磁共振成像 (hécí gòngzhèn chéngxiàng), 磁共振成像 (zh) (cí gòngzhèn chéngxiàng) Finnish: magneettikuvaus (fi) German: Magnetresonanztomographie (de) f Icelandic: segulsneiðmyndun f, segulmyndherming f Romanian: imagistică prin rezonanță magnetică f, tomografie prin rezonanță magnetică f Russian: магни́тно-резона́нсная томогра́фия (magnítno-rezonánsnaja tomográfija) Spanish: imagen por resonancia magnética

See also

• positron emission tomography
• computed axial tomography
• fluoroscopy
• X-ray