What can be diagnosed with MRI?

• most ailments of the brain, including tumours, dementia and multiple sclerosis
• sports injuries
• musculoskeletal problems
• most spinal conditions/injuries
• vascular abnormalities
• female pelvic problems
• Breast Cancer in the under 50’s
• prostate problems
• some gastrointestinal tract conditions
• certain ear, nose and throat (ENT) conditions
• soft tissue and bone pathology/conditions

Who can’t have an MRI?

• some patients with a heart pacemaker
• certain clips in your head from brain operations, i.e. aneurysm clips
• cochlear (ear) implants
• metallic foreign body in your eye
• surgery in the preceding 8 weeks
• a programmable shunt for hydrocephalus (fluid on the brain)