USC is getting ready to accept patients to its new Brain Health Center, where high-powered MRI scanners will help doctors and researchers better understand and diagnose disease like Alzheimer's.

Perhaps the biggest constraint in modern neurosurgery is the need to see inside the brain during an operation. An X-ray fluoroscope mounted on C-arm can be wheeled in for quick checkups, but they ...

South Carolinians got their first glimpse Wednesday inside the University of South Carolina’s new $30 million brain health clinic. The center has yet to set an official start date for ...

While often considered the go-to imaging tool, a standard MRI scan offers an incredibly detailed view of soft tissues, including the spine, discs and surrounding nerves. It is exceptionally effective ...

An advantage of whole-body MRIs over CTs is that they use magnets and radio waves, which eliminate the type of radiation linked to cancer. But that doesn’t mean they’re risk-free or the right choice ...

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is one of medicine's most powerful diagnostic tools. But certain tissues deep inside the body—including brain regions and delicate structures of the eye and orbit that ...

Medically reviewed by Rony Kampalath, MD CT scans and MRIs are imaging procedures that help healthcare providers see inside your body.CT scans are generally faster, less expensive, and more widely ...