magnetic resonance imaging

magnetic resonance imaging (countable and uncountable, plural magnetic resonance imagings)

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

   Alternative form: magnetic-resonance imaging

   Synonym: MRI (initialism)

   Hypernym: imaging

   Hyponyms: functional magnetic resonance imaging, fMRI

   Coordinate terms: (other imaging modalities) US, ultrasonography, CT, computed tomography, PET, positron emission tomography, SPECT, single-photon emission computed tomography, fluoroscopy, radiography

3. (countable) An instance of this technique being used; an image made using this technique.

   Alternative form: magnetic-resonance imaging

   Synonym: MRI (initialism)

   Hypernyms: image, scan

   • 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:

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

   • 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:

     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.

   • 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:

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

• functional magnetic resonance imaging