This is a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) scan of a patient with multiple sclerosis (MS).
This is a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) scan of a patient with multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease characterised by loss of the protective myelin covering of the nerve fibres of the brain and spinal cord. It begins slowly, usually in young adulthood, and continues throughout life. The first signs are numbness, or abnormal sensations in the arms and legs or on one side of the face. Other early signs are muscle weakness, dizziness, and sight disturbances, such as double vision and partial blindness. Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging is a method of obtaining cross-sectional images (slices) of internal soft bodily tissue, in this case the brain.
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