Why are MRI machines so noisy, and what stops us making them quieter?

While often considered the go-to imaging tool, a standard MRI scan offers an incredibly detailed view of soft tissues, including the spine, discs and surrounding nerves. It is exceptionally effective ...

It saved one man’s life. Yet doctors warn that scanning healthy people may uncover more problems than it solves ...

By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD By seamlessly tracking brain growth from the womb into early life, researchers uncover when key brain regions surge and how subtle sex differences emerge before birth. Study: ...

What these buzzy new tests can and can't tell you.

Calvin Sun was a healthy 37-year-old when a full-body MRI scan showed a cyst in his kidney. Sun saw a urologist who was cautiously optimistic that it wasn’t cancerous and offered him a surgery ...

Thousands of heart patients could be spared "risky" invasive tests - thanks to an MRI scan breakthrough.

Doctors may soon be able to tell just how sick a heart failure patient really is by using a routine MRI scan, thanks to new ...