For many situations, MRI is the preferred diagnostic tool -- especially for brain imaging, although CT scan is still chosen for strokes because it is better at detecting hemorrhage. The drawback ...

You might have a CT scan of your abdomen and chest to look for any abnormal areas in your liver or elsewhere in the body. MRI stands for magnetic resonance imaging. It uses magnetism and radio waves ...

Conventional radiographic examinations such as chest, abdominal and bone X-rays also give ... Can a patient have a CT scan, diagnostic X-ray examination or MRI scan on the same day as the PET/CT scan?