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magnetic resonance imaging

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magnetic resonance imaging

[mag′ned·ik ′rez·ən·əns ′im·ij·iŋ]
(engineering)
A technique in which an object placed in a spatially varying magnetic field is subjected to a pulse of radio-frequency radiation, and the resulting nuclear magnetic resonance spectra are combined to give cross-sectional images. Abbreviated MRI.
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