MRIs

What do the initials MRI stand for?

• Magnetic Research Imagining

• Mesmeric Resonance Imagining

• Magnetic Resonance Imagining

An MRI uses a magnetic field and radio waves to create images.

• True

• False

The MRI works because the human body is made up of mostly oxygen.

• True

• False

It is the protons returning to their normal spin that allows an image to be created.

• True

• False

An MRI is just an another way to show what an X-ray shows.

• True

• False

An MRI does not expose the subject to radiation.

• True

• False

An MRI has many harmful side effects.

• True

• False

Patients with metal implants need to be cautious of MRI scans because of the use of powerful magnets

• True

• False

MRI scanners use _______________ and ____________ to generate images of the organs in the body.

• strong electric fields, gamma ray

• strong electric fields, radio frequency

• strong magnetic fields, radio frequency

• strong magnetic fields, gamma ray

The nuclei of certain atoms have a property called _________ that cause them to behave as ___________ in a magnetic field.

• quarks, tiny charge

• quarks, tiny magnet

• spin, tiny charge

• spin, tiny magnets