TIL - Today I Learned...

[dr. d]

That CT-scan and MRI are different. My wife had an MRI and I wondered why it took her almost an hour. Samantalang dun sa kabilang hospital, when we needed to be scanned, saglit lang.

CT scan is a form of computerized xray, fraught with the potential ill-effects of xrays.

MRI, magnetic resonance imaging, is based on electromagnetism, and is, therefore devoid of the ill-effects of xrays.
but patients with metal implants and/or sensitive electronic gadgets, might not be MRI-able.