What are all the possible conditions and diseases that a MRI can find?

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Here's what I have learned about MRI's so far, and I am sure there is much I will leave out.....they are superior to CT scans because they are used to visualize soft tissues and see through bone, including the skull and vertebral column. Also, because of the high transmission and clarity, MRI's can also be used to differentiate between different types of soft tissue, such as the white and grey matter of the nervous system. They can also use MRI's to visualize moment-to-moment changes in tissue function, such as with the brain (called functional MRI, or fMRI). For example, if a patient gets an fMRI, the scan will show which portion of the brain is responding to different commands given to the patient during the exam. So in a nutshell, an MRI is used to visualize organs, muscles and tissues, including nervous tissue in the vertebral column. With that said, diseases and injuries to the Central Nervous System (CNS) can be seen using MRI, as well as diseases, injuries and abnormal growth to organs such as the liver, kidneys, lungs etc. Specifically, diseases I can think of offhand that are diagnosed using MRI pertain to the CNS like Alzheimers, Parkinsons, Epilepsy and the like. There are many to list, but others such as thyroid cancer, non-hodgkins lymphoma and pituitary cancers can also be identified.

Here's a link to more: http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/test/mri_scan.htm Hope that helps :-)