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About Your Exam
Preparing for your MRI Exam You may eat and follow your normal routine prior to your exam. Medications prescribed by your physician may be taken.
It is important that you make us aware of any surgically implanted metal objects in your body. Patients who may have metal in their eyes from welding, grinding or an accident, will need an X-ray to ensure that they are "metal free." Those patients with cardiac pacemakers will not be scanned.
Patients who will be receiving intravenous contrast during their MRI with renal failure or insufficiency, hypertension, diabetes, severe liver disease or transplant who are over the age of 60 will be asked for blood test results prior to their exam. Patients should speak to their referring physician to make these arrangements as certain patients with the above conditions may not be able to receive the intravenous contrast associated with the MRI exam.
The Exam An experienced, registered and licensed radiology technologist who has received advanced training in MRI scanning will perform your exam under the supervision of a board certified radiologist (M.D.).
If your exam requires intravenous contrast to highlight certain parts of your body, it will be given by intravenous injection. It may cause a warm sensation throughout your body.
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