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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, is one of the newest and fastest growing areas of medical imaging. Like CT, MRI produces images that are the visual equivalent of a slice of anatomy. MRI, however, is also capable of producing those images in an infinite number of image planes through the body.
To produce this image, MRI uses a large magnet that surrounds the patient in addition to radio frequencies and a computer. As the patient enters an MRI scanner, his or her body is surrounded by a magnetic field up to 8,000 times stronger than that of the earth. The machine uses this magnet field to detect the radio frequencies emitted by the millions of atoms that make up our bodies. This data is then computer-processed to produce very detailed images of the human anatomy.
With MRI, physicians get the absolute clearest picture of complex body parts like the brain and the tiny nerves that make up the spinal cord. MRI is the industry standard for examining the brain, neck and spinal cord.
Because MRI uses no ionizing radiation and presents no apparent risk to patients, it is replacing more painful and risky examinations such as spinal injections. CLIC is home to Central Louisiana's only “Stand Up MRI,”. This machine provides physicians cutting-edge imaging and features an open front and top, which provides patients unparallel comfort.
CLIC radiologists can also use our Vitrea 3-D Imaging Workstation to create three-dimensional computer images, which increase our diagnostic capabilities.
CLIC offers the following MR services: 
- Brain, Orbits, Head & Neck MR
- Cardiac MR
- Aortic MR
- Spine-cervical, Thoracic & Lumbar MR
- Brachial Plexis MR
- Male & Female Pelvis MR
- Hips, Knees, Ankles & Feet MR
- Soft Tissue Tumors MR
- TMJ MR
- MR Shoulder Arthography
- MR Angiography of Brain
- Weight Bearing MR
- Dynamic Imaging of the Spine
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