Listed below are the preps that your patient will follow for their MRI exam at Minneapolis Radiology. We have also included some of the questions and information the scheduler will ask when you call to schedule the patient. If the patient has any questions, please have them call us at (763) 398-4400.
Exam
Length
Instructions
Abdominal MRA
60 minutes or less
No prep.
Abdominal MRI
60 minutes or less
No prep.
Cervical MRI
60 minutes or less
No prep.
Chest MRA
60 minutes or less
No prep.
Chest MRI
60 minutes or less
No prep.
Head MRA
60 minutes or less
No prep.
Head MRI
60 minutes or less
No prep.
Lower Extremity MRA
90 minutes
No prep.
Lower Extremity MRI
60 minutes or less
No prep.
Lumbar spine MRI
60 minutes or less
No prep. If patient has had back surgery within 10 years, IV contrast will be used for exam.
MRCP
60 minutes or less
Nothing to eat or drink 4 hours prior to exam.
Neck/Carotid MRA
60 minutes or less
No prep.
Orbit/Face/Neck MRI
60 minutes or less
No prep.
Pelvis MRA
60 minutes or less
No prep.
Pelvis MRI
60 minutes or less
No prep.
Thoracic spine MRI
60 minutes or less
No prep.
TMJ MRI
60 minutes or less
No prep.
Upper Extremity MRA
60 minutes or less
No prep.
Upper Extremity MRI
60 minutes or less
No prep.
Information requested by the scheduler
• Patient name, date of birth, daytime phone, home phone
• Type of exam, diagnosis, symptoms, r/o
• Ordering doctor
• Any special instructions (i.e., keep patient, call results, send films/copies with patient)
• Does patient has a follow-up appointment with the ordering doctor or a specialist after their exam or in the near future?
• Does the patient have previous exams done of the same area? If so, where and when?
• Does the patient have a pacemaker?
• Does the patient have any metal in eyes, head or body?
* If medication is given to the patient to take prior to exam, patient needs to have a driver.
