Town Hall is open 8am to 5pm, Monday â Friday. Town Hall is on Hot Springs Blvd south of the Post Office across from the Ross Aragon Community Center.
Functional MRIs are useful to doctors because it is a painless radiology technique that has the advantage of avoiding x-ray radiation exposure. There are no known side effects of an MRI scan. [ The benefits of an MRI scan relate to its precise accuracy in detecting structural abnormalities of the body. ].
Why it's done. MRI is a noninvasive way for your doctor to examine your organs, tissues and skeletal system. It produces high-resolution images of the inside of the body that help diagnose a variety of problems. MRI of the brain and spinal cord. MRI is the most frequently used imaging test of the brain and spinal cord. A special type of MRI is the functional MRI of the brain (fMRI). It measures the metabolic changes that occur within the brain. It may be used to examine the brain's anatomy and determine which parts of the brain are handling critical functions.