Magnetic resonance imaging of the central nervous system--an update.
Magnetic resonance imaging has developed rapidly and now has superior ability to detect and to characterize disease in the central nervous system without any significant biologic hazard. It is becoming the screening method of choice in the diagnosis of neoplasm, ischemia, hemorrhage, infection and degenerative and demyelinating diseases involving the central nervous system.
D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods