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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation machine-readable information
  • abbreviation magnetic resonance imaging
  • noun An image produced by magnetic resonance imaging.
  • noun The act or process of producing such an image.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An abbreviation of Member of the Royal Irish Academy.

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  • initialism medicine magnetic resonance imaging

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  • noun the use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images

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Examples

  • Either way - I was going to point out the fact that the inventor of the MRI is a young earth creationist - so in PZ's twisted world, even the guy who invented the MRI isn't a scientist … even the inventor of this world changing piece of equipment is a "clown" to him.

    Critics behaving badly 2006

  • In the MRI control room, the technologist will ask why the MRI is being performed, explain the scan to both you and your child, and will repeat the safety screening process.

    Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI+) 2010

  • A new technique using ultra-fast MRI is performed to document lung volume, which helps to confirm the diagnosis.

    Bronchopulmonary sequestration and Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid 2010

  • Adjacent to the 6-room CTOR, Catheterization Lab, and MRI is a specially designed and staffed 13-bed Cardiac Preparation and Recovery Unit (CPRU) that provides highly specialized pre - and post-catheterization and procedure recovery care for infants, children and adults.

    Our Locations 2010

  • Initial evaluation includes taking a detailed history of the nature of the seizures, performing a neurological exam to look for clues regarding where seizures may begin, performing a brain MRI scan and a brain MEG scan, recording some seizures in the epilepsy monitoring unitand neuropsychological testing.

    Pediatric Regional Epilepsy Program Services 2010

  • Initial evaluation includes taking a detailed history of the nature of the seizures, performing a neurological exam to look for clues regarding where seizures may begin, performing a brain MRI scan and a brain MEG scan, recording some seizures in the epilepsy monitoring unitand neuropsychological testing.

    Pediatric Regional Epilepsy Program Services 2010

  • Hopefully, the MRI is not as bad as I think it might be.

    Clinton Portis says he's unlikely to play Sunday Jason Reid 2010

  • An ultra-fast fetal MRI is performed without maternal sedation or fetal paralysis due to new software imaging and has been found to be a useful adjunct to ultrasound and to distinguish the various types of neck masses.

    Giant Neck Masses (GNM), Cervical Teratoma 2010

  • The computer used in MRI allows us to produce either 2 or 3 dimensional images of structures.

    Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI+) 2010

  • Cardiac MRI is especially useful for examining anomalies (abnormalities) of the:

    Pediatric cardiac diagnosis and testing 2010

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