Think of this area as your command centre. The scan looks at the structures that make it up, your brain, the blood vessels feeding it, the glands regulating your hormones, and the lymph nodes quietly running in the background, protecting you from infection.
Your scan covers key structures within the head and neck:
The brain, its blood supply, and the surrounding structures. Some of the most consequential silent changes in the body can happen here.
Changes to brain tissue, blood supply, and the vessels feeding it.
Structural changes to the glands, lymph nodes, and surrounding tissue of the neck.
The scan looks at the area. A specialist radiologist may see signs that could be linked to these conditions. OneMRI does not diagnose. All findings are discussed in your post-scan consultation.
MRI produces detailed images of brain tissue, blood vessels, and the soft structures of the neck, without radiation and without contrast dye. For this region, it can show a level of structural detail that X-ray and CT often can't match. That makes it particularly useful for picking up early changes before symptoms appear.
Some structural changes visible in this scan area have a hereditary component. If any of the following appear in your family history, this part of the scan is particularly relevant:
Get a detailed structural picture of your head and neck as part of your full-body MRI. No referral needed.
