Medical Dictionary

magnetic resonance imaging

noun

Medical Definition of MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING

:  a noninvasive diagnostic technique that produces computerized images of internal body tissues and is based on nuclear magnetic resonance of atoms within the body induced by the application of radio waves—called also MRI
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