| Body Part |
MRI Preferred |
CT Preferred |
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Brain
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- Arteriovenous malformation and aneurysm
- Congenital anomalies
- Extra axial trauma with negative CT
- Infarction
- Inflammatory disease
- Otitis - middle and inner ear
- Primary and metastatic neoplasia
- Sella and pituitary disease
- Vasculitis
- Virtually all applications, in view of its superior soft tissue visualization and absence of beam hardening artifacts like those seen on CT
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- Complex Fracture
- Prosthesis planning
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Orbits
|
- Cortical blindness or optic pathway disease
- Optic neuritis
- Retrobulbar neoplasms or masses
- Retinal hemorrhage or subretinal effusion
- Sudden blindness
- Vascular abnormalities
|
- Orbital trauma with fracture
|
|
Head & Neck
|
- Nasal Neoplasia
- Neck masses or adenopathy
- Oropharynx and Nasopharynx
- Salivary gland masses
- Thyroid masses (in conjunction with thyroid scintigraphy)
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- Bony head and neck trauma
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Dental associated masses
- Skull base neoplasia
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Spine
|
- Congenital anomalies
- Discospondylitis
- Intervertebral disc disease
- Myelitis
- Primary or secondary or metastatic neoplasia of the spinal cord
- Paraspinal/vertebral neoplasia
- Post operative recurrence of
- intervertebral disc disease
- Spinal Stenosis
- Syringomyelia
|
- Bony spinal trauma (vertebral fracture)
|
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Orthopedics
|
- Avascular necrosis (i.e. Legg-Calve-Perthes disease)
- Joint effusion
- Lymphoma and Multiple Myeloma
- Meniscal, tendon or ligamentous injury
- Osteomyelitis and septic arthritis
- Primary bone tumors (in conjunction with bone scintigraphy)
- Soft Tissue Sarcomas
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- Complex Fracture
- Prosthesis planning
|
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Abdomen
|
- Adrenal masses
- Hepatic masses
- Pancreatic masses
- Renal masses (in conjunction with renal scintigraphy)
- Splenic masses
|
- Ectopic ureter evaluation
- Portosystemic shunt (following positive scintigraphic study)
- Renal/ureteral calculus evaluation
|
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Thorax
|
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- Primary or metastatic lung carcinoma
- Pleural disease
- Pneumothorax
- Pneumonia, abscess and empyema
- Metastasis screening
|
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Pelvis
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- Anal gland adenocarcinoma
- Bladder carcinoma
- Soft tissue sarcoma
- Primary bone tumor
- Prostate carcinoma
- Uterine neoplasia
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- Trauma (complex fractures)
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Cardiovascular
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- Cardiac and pericardial masses
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Vascular
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- Intracranial aneurysm, arteriovenous malformation
- Evaluation of thrombosis including aortic, caval, and portal vein.
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