MRI
noun
: magnetic resonance imaging
also
: the procedure in which magnetic resonance imaging is used
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The magnetic robot navigated the biological environment under real-time MRI guidance, highlighting the system’s potential as an alternative to traditional colonoscopy procedures.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Jan. 2026
Medication and brain networks The brain scan data included a type of MRI that measures brain activity when a person is at rest.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 27 Dec. 2025
Minshew will undergo an MRI on Monday to confirm the extent of his injury, the team said.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025
Those with the lowest risk did not have to begin testing until age 50, while those at the highest risk were required to get two tests per year, regardless of age, including a mammogram and an MRI.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 19 Dec. 2025
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Jan. 2026
Medication and brain networks The brain scan data included a type of MRI that measures brain activity when a person is at rest.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 27 Dec. 2025
Minshew will undergo an MRI on Monday to confirm the extent of his injury, the team said.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025
Those with the lowest risk did not have to begin testing until age 50, while those at the highest risk were required to get two tests per year, regardless of age, including a mammogram and an MRI.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 19 Dec. 2025
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MRI
noun
: magnetic resonance imaging
also
: a procedure in which magnetic resonance imaging is used
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