We may be even now on number of brain MRIs had total, though mine extend back a further number of years (I just keep dodging follow-ups since my meds have been steady for about a decade, and therefore I can skive off getting scans done ...) but I can say that since I was 13 years old I've never had a contrast-free brain MRI and it's because they, uh, don't work very well.
I've also never in life referred anyone to a contrast-free brain MRI and I've probably done about 500 of those over the last year. The visualization sucks, and therefore in order to get accurate scans, the experience has to suck even more for the patient who is inside a tube with their head in a cage.
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We may be even now on number of brain MRIs had total, though mine extend back a further number of years (I just keep dodging follow-ups since my meds have been steady for about a decade, and therefore I can skive off getting scans done ...) but I can say that since I was 13 years old I've never had a contrast-free brain MRI and it's because they, uh, don't work very well.
I've also never in life referred anyone to a contrast-free brain MRI and I've probably done about 500 of those over the last year. The visualization sucks, and therefore in order to get accurate scans, the experience has to suck even more for the patient who is inside a tube with their head in a cage.