FMRI

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functional magnetic resonance imaging

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• Top What are some common uses of fMRI? fMRI is becoming the diagnostic method of choice for learning how a normal, diseased or injured brain is working, as well as for assessing the potential risks of surgery or other invasive treatment of the brain.
• Presurgical functional brain mapping with fMRI is offered as a clinical service of the Division of Neuroradiology in the Department of Radiology at MGH.
• Perhaps most important for the future clinical utility of fMRI is that it involves only some upgrading of conventional MRI machines and, thus, may be become widely available.
• As it migrates into clinical practice, fMRI is making it possible for neurologists to detect early signs of Alzheimer's disease and other disorders, evaluate drug treatments, and pinpoint tissue housing critical abilities like speech before venturing into a patient's brain with a scalpel.
• For example, fMRI is able to pinpoint the location in the brain of the neural activity involved in tapping a finger or listening to Mozart.