fMRI vs. MRI
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fMRI vs. MRI By: Kathleen Shaffer
What is MRI? • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) • noninvasive diagnose and treat • detailed pictures of organs, soft tissues, bone and virtually all other internal body structures • MRI does not use ionizing radiation (x-rays). • Detailed MR images allow physicians to evaluate various parts of the body and determine the presence of certain diseases.
What is fMRI? • Functional magnetic resonance imaging • It measures brain activity • When the brain is active, it uses more oxygen • So the fMRI notices the oxygen being used in a certain part of the brain • Measures the tiny metabolic changes that take place in an active part of the brain • learning how a normal, diseased or injured brain is working • assessing the potential risks of surgery
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Who invented it and when? • 1990s • Seiji Ogawa and Ken Kwong • use blood flow and oxygen metabolism to infer brain activity
What does it do? • how memories are formed, language, pain, learning, and emotion • clinical and commercial settings
How does it work? • Blood flow increase • Oxygen increase
Benefits • noninvasive and does not involve exposure to ionizing radiation • help physicians evaluate structure and how it is working • enables the discovery of abnormalities that might be obscured by bone with other imaging methods • enables the detection of abnormalities of the brain, as well as the assessment of the normal functional anatomy of the brain, which cannot be accomplished with other imaging techniques.
Risks • almost no risk to the average patient when appropriate safety guidelines are followed. • If sedation is used, there are risks of excessive sedation • implanted medical devices that contain metal may malfunction or cause problems during an exam. • There is a very slight risk of an allergic reaction if contrast material is injected • mothers should not breastfeed their babies for 24-48 hours after contrast medium is given
What can it be used for? • Physicians perform fMRI to: • examine the anatomy of the brain. • Brain mapping • help assess the effects of stroke, trauma or degenerative disease (such as Alzheimer's) on brain function. • monitor the growth and function of brain tumors. • guide the planning of surgery, radiation therapy, or other surgical treatments for the brain.
Real life example • Communicate with those unable to communicate • Letters
URLs • http://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=fmribrain • http://psychcentral.com/lib/2007/what-is-functional-magnetic-resonance-imaging-fmri/ • http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/247321.php • http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fBPCra8GRUo/UG6Bat3qcUI/AAAAAAAABFg/ibnLttCPEg8/s1600/fmri_machine_scanner.jpg • http://mialab.mrn.org/software/fit/images/fmri_fmri_fusion.jpg • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3204/images/01-fmri-enlarged2.jpg • https://illinois.edu/blog/dialogFileSec/511.jpg • http://www.bvhealthsystem.org/images/cms/MRI%20Cover.jpg • http://refried.org/media/images/brainMRI.jpg • http://static2.bigstockphoto.com/thumbs/7/9/6/large2/697675.jpg