THEI-IRMUbuchopho (imaging resonance imaging) wuhlolo olungathola ukungajwayelekile ebuchosheni futhi luthole imbangela (yemithambo yegazi, eyokutheleleka, eyehlayo, evuvukalayo noma isimila).

I-MRI yenza kube lula ukubona ngeso lengqondo:

• ingxenye engaphezulu (indaba emhlophe) ye- Ubuchopho

• ukuphela okujulile (indaba empunga)

• ama-ventricles

• Ukunikezwa kwegazi elinemithambo yegazi (ikakhulukazi uma usebenzisa idayi)

Ezimweni eziningi, i-MRI inikeza imininingwane engabonakali ngamanye amasu wokuhlaziya izithombe (i-rayography, i-ultrasound noma i-computed tomography). I-MRI isebenzisa amandla kazibuthe namagagasi omsakazo ukubona ngeso lengqondo zonke izicubu ezisezindizeni ezintathu zomkhathi.

I-Brain MRI yenziwa ngezinhloso zokuxilonga. Kuyisivivinyo sokuzikhethela kuzo zonke izifo zobuchopho. Ikakhulukazi kunqunyelwe:

• ukuthola imbangela ye- izinhlungu zekhanda

• ukuhlola i- ukugeleza kwegazi noma ubukhona be amahlule igazi kuya ebuchosheni

• uma kwenzeka kudideka, ukuphazamiseka kokwazi (kubangelwa isibonelo izifo ezinjenge-Alzheimer's noma iParkinson's)

• uma kwenzeka 'i-hydrocéphalie (ukuqoqwa koketshezi lwe-cerebrospinal ebuchosheni)

• ukuthola ubukhona be uyafa, ofizifo, noma ngishoithumba
• kuya ku-cas of kudambisa izifo (njenge-multiple sclerosis), yokuxilonga noma yokuqapha
• uma kwenzeka kukhona okungahambi kahle okuholela ekusolweni kokulimala kobuchopho.

Kwi-MRI yobuchopho, isiguli silele ngomhlane etafuleni elincane elikwazi ukushibilika lisebenze kogesi oxhumene nalo. 

Kwenziwa uchungechunge oluningi lokusikeka, ngokuya ngawo wonke amapulani esikhala. Ngenkathi izithombe zithathwa, umshini uzokwenza umsindo omkhulu futhi isiguli kufanele sigweme noma yikuphi ukunyakaza ukuze sithole izithombe ezisezingeni eliphakeme kakhulu.

Abasebenzi bezokwelapha, ababekwe kwelinye igumbi, baphatha izilungiselelo zedivayisi futhi baxhumana nesiguli ngombhobho.

Kwezinye izimo (ukuhlola ukujikeleza kwegazi, ubukhona bezinhlobo ezithile zamathumba noma ukubona indawo yokuvuvukala), kungasetshenziswa udayi noma umkhiqizo ohlukile. Ibe isijovwa emthanjeni ngaphambi kokuhlolwa.

Ukuhlolwa kuthatha isikhathi eside impela (imizuzu engama-30 kuye kwengama-45) kepha akunabuhlungu.

I-Brain MRI ivumela udokotela ukuthi abone ukuthi kukhona, phakathi kwezinye izinto:

• an isisu

• ukopha noma ukuvuvukala (edema) ngaphakathi noma ezungeze ubuchopho

• an ukutheleleka noma ukuvuvukala (i-meningitis, i-encephalitis)

• ukungajwayelekile okungakhombisa ukuba khona kwezifo ezithile: Isifo sikaHuntington, i-multiple sclerosis, isifo sikaParkinson noma isifo i-Alzheimer's

• ukuqhuma (i-aneurism) noma ukungalungi kwemithambo yegazi

Ngokuya ngokuxilongwa azokuthola ngesisekelo semifanekiso ye-MRI, udokotela angaphakamisa ukwelashwa noma ukwesekwa okufanele.