MRI can detect
(All of the above) (6, 11-S. Bhadury 2nd essentials of radiology and imaging) (133-35-B & L 25th) Disadvantage of MRI * Very high cost of imaging * Inability to image bone and calcium * It is unsuitable for patients with cardiac pacemakers and other ferromagnetic implants. * Imaging time is long, hence movement or motion artifacts are quite likely. * Highly operator-dependent, hence requires technical expertise Fluoroscopy is particularly valuable in (a) The selection of the optimum tangential projection in encysted pleural effusion. (b) In suspected obstructive emphysema especially following inhalation of a foreign body. (c) In the assessment of diaphragmatic function (d) In the assessment of the proximity of a peripheral pulmonary lesion to the thoracic cage and pleura
Magnetic FB
Iron FB
Wooden foreign body
All of the above