What is MRI Head?
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). It is especially useful for imaging the brain.
Reported Purpose & Perceived Effectiveness
| Perceived Effectiveness | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purpose | # of patients | # of patients with evaluations | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell |
| Diagnostic assessment | 5 | 2 |
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| MS (Multiple Sclerosis) | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Numbness in lower extremities | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Migraine headaches | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Hearing problems | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Chronic neck pain | 1 | 0 | |||||
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Reported Side Effects
Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with MRI Head
| Anxious mood | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Nausea | 1 | |
| Fear of confined spaces (claustrophobia) | 1 |
Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
Adherence
Taking treatment as prescribed
Adherence of MRI Head
Always |
3 | 100% |
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|---|---|---|---|
Usually |
0 | 0% |
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Sometimes |
0 | 0% |
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Never |
0 | 0% |
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Burden
Difficulty being on treatment
Burden of MRI Head
Very |
0 | 0% |
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|---|---|---|---|
Somewhat |
1 | 33% |
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A little |
1 | 33% |
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Not at all |
1 | 33% |
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Cost
Paid out of pocket
Cost of MRI Head
$200+ |
0 | 0% |
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|---|---|---|---|
$100-199 |
0 | 0% |
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$50-99 |
0 | 0% |
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$25-49 |
0 | 0% |
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< $25 |
1 | 100% |
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