SMALL DIAMETER MRI MARKER AND RELATED METHOD

摘要

A marker comprising a hollow body filled with a magnetic resonance imaging medium is used to mark specific surface areas of concern or sources of pain on a patient's skin prior to commencing MRI imaging procedures. The hollow body is sized such that the marker appears on less than five MRI slice images, and preferably not more than two MRI slice images, thereby enabling a physician or technician to precisely locate and assess a patient's condition based on the location of the marker in the MRI images.