Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)


MLA Documentation

Staff, Mayo Clinic. "MRI." Mayo Clinic. Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 09 Aug. 2012. Web. 19 Feb. 2013.

Summary

This webpage tells about the MRI machine used today at the Mayo Clinic. It lists what the uses for it are and how the MRI aligns the body to produce an image. It also tells you how to prepare and what to expect when you do get an MRI scan.

Author’s Intent/Audience

The author’s intent is to tell readers how to prepare and what to expect when getting an MRI scan. The audience is anyone who is preparing to get a scan or is just curious about how a MRI works.

Evidence/Supports

The MRI machine creates a strong magnetic field around you, and radio waves are directed at your body. The procedure is painless.

It produces high-resolution images that help diagnose a variety of problems.

Fallacies/Biases

N/A

Opinion

This is a great useful webpage because it gives patients an idea about what is going to happen in case they had to get a MRI scan. Coming from experience, having at least 5 MRIs on my brain this was helpful because no one in my family has had one previous to me and I was scared.

Good topic idea for me?

I think this is a good topic idea for me because after high school I want to do something in the medical field, and with experiencing MRIs being a radiologist, a doctor who interprets MRIs is a possible career choice for me.

Good topic idea for you?

Depending on the person, if you are not interested in the medical field one bit I do not suggest this for you. If you are interested in how MRIs works then I would highly suggest this for you.

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