People with pacemakers can have any CT scan. The answer for MRI is changing now. Older pacemakers were not MRI compatible. There are new pacemakers being installed that are MRI compatible (up to a certain size MRI strength). When you had your pacemaker installed, you should have received a card telling the technologist about your pacemaker and if it is safe to enter the MRI that will be used. If you did not get the card or have lost that card contact the office of the doctor that put your pacemaker in and ask them and also request another card.
no it is not possible to have an MRI scan because the dfibrillator is dirupted by magnets and that is what an MRI is, a giant magnet.
A bone scan, or x-ray is simply a different type of scan than an MRI. No kind of scan is better than another, it simply depends what the scan is trying to ascertain.
CT is computed tomography and CAT scan is computed axial tomography.
It depends on what the problem with the elbow is. If it is a bone related injury then the CT scan will show more detail but if the problem is with the muscles or ligaments, then the MRI Scan will be more useful.
A CT scan or an MRI
People with certin implants (ex. pacemakers, neurostimulators) cannot have an MRI. Also the person having the MRI must be able to hold very still.
Mri of the body... Or a cat scan of the head
There are many different types of scan that you can have: MRI, CAT, etc, Certainly it is possible to have a CAT scan, and many hip joints are fine in an MRI scanner (though you may wish to check which one you have).
It was estimated that to do an MRI for my cat would cost approximately $1800.
A CT Scan can image an aneurysm without a contrast injection even though it does better with a contrast agent. An MRI will require an contrast agent or an MRI/MRA.
CT/CAT scan, electroencephalogram (EEG), MRI and PET scan
MRI, CAT and EEG are ways of scanning the brain. An MRI scan could possibly help. You need to talk to a doctor.
People with certin implants (ex. pacemakers, neurostimulators) cannot have an MRI. Also the person having the MRI must be able to hold very still.
It makes cat scan work...
The most common diagnostic test is the EEG or electro encephalogram.
Neurosurgical exploration is not common. The MRI and Cat Scan have almost eliminated any need for it.
The field is known as Radiology or Diagnostic Imaging.