While most body scans can be done as preventive medicine, an MRI brain scan is normally performed when a physician suspects a problem or due to a medical trauma.

MRI stands for magnet resonance imaging and it is an advanced medical scanning device used by medical professional to gain the most precise images of the internal structures of the body including the brain.

MRI uses both magnetic fields and radio waves that are completely safe. This computer technology shows detailed images of the soft tissues, muscles, nerves in your body. There is no radiation involved. The are no suspected side effects.

MRI Brain Scan Procedure

Your physician will send you to an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) center for a brain scan. At the center, you will be taken to a room where you will be asked to lie down on a table, the table will then move into the MRI machine where pictures will be taken. The technician will ask you to hold your breath so that you don't move. The entire process is brief and takes only a few short minutes with absolutely no exposure of radiation.

In most cases your physician will have the results of your brain scan the same day that it is taken. If you have a pacemaker, insulin pump, aneurysm clips, vascular coils and filters, heart valves, ear implants or surgical staples and wires you should not have an MRI brain scan. If you have any of these implants or if you are pregnant, you should tell the technician before the procedure.

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