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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 285 47 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Brain lesions 227 22 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 198 32 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 70 16 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Diagnostic assessment 69 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Increase effect of another treatment 67 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 3
Moderate
 14
Mild
 12
None
 129

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

Hospitalization 9
Headaches 7
Fear of confined spaces 6
Anxious mood 5
Muscle soreness 4
Uneasy feeling 3
See all 22 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
 128 81%
Usually
 15 9%
Sometimes
 7 4%
Never
 8 5%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of MRI

Very
 9 6%
Somewhat
 29 18%
A little
 42 27%
Not at all
 78 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
 48 64%

Report created on February 08, 2012.