MRI article in Wall St. Journal

[Steven Dapra <sjd@swcp.com>]

Feb. 27



	MRI scans were the subject of a favorable article in the Feb. 18, 2003

Wall Street Journal (p. D-1).



	The author wrote about a specialized MRI scanner that uses special coils

and pulse sequences to show damage that some MRIs miss.  One manufacturer,

Fonar, of Melville, NY, has built a machine that allows the patient to

stand while being scanned. This has the virtue of scanning a patient who

feels pain only while standing.  (Some injuries can't be detected when the

patient is lying down and not feeling pain.)  Unfortunately this machine

has less than half the strength of current state of the art machines.



	The article also recommends that patients ask a few questions and educate

themselves about MRIs before getting one.



Steven Dapra

sjd@swcp.com







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