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What is MRI?

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a medical imaging technique used to visualize the structure and function of the body and provides much greater contrast between the different soft tissues of the body than does computed tomography scans (CT Scan).

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Other 286 48 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Brain lesions 229 23 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 204 32 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Diagnostic assessment 74 10 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
General health 70 16 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Increase effect of another treatment 67 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 849 patients currently having MRI

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 3
Moderate
 14
Mild
 13
None
 136

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with MRI

Hospitalization 20
Headaches 7
Fear of confined spaces 6
Anxious mood 5
Muscle soreness 4
Uneasy feeling 3
See all 23 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of MRI

Always
 135 81%
Usually
 16 10%
Sometimes
 7 4%
Never
 8 5%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of MRI

Very
 10 6%
Somewhat
 29 17%
A little
 45 27%
Not at all
 82 49%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of MRI

$200+
 13 17%
$100-199
 9 12%
$50-99
 2 3%
$25-49
 2 3%
< $25
 51 65%

Report created on May 19, 2012.