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What to know about head and brain MRI scans

10 Oct 2018 11:57 PM by Bhupendra Singh Chundawat

Doctors use MRI scans to diagnose and monitor head injuries and to check for abnormalities in the head or brain. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans provide 3-D images of specific body parts. The scan produces highly detailed images from every angle. Depending on the purpose of the scan, a doctor may recommend contrast, which is … Read more

Largest brain study of 62,454 scans identifies drivers of brain aging

21 Aug 2018 8:20 PM by Bhupendra Singh Chundawat

In the largest known brain imaging study, scientists from Amen Clinics (Costa Mesa, CA), Google, John’s Hopkins University, University of California, Los Angeles and the University of California, San Francisco evaluated 62,454 brain SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography) scans of more than 30,000 individuals from 9 months old to 105 years of age to … Read more