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An MRA brain maps the arteries of the brain without radiation and usually without any injection, which makes it the study of choice for aneurysm screening and for repeated follow-up. This guide covers how time-of-flight MRA works, who should be screened, aneurysm size and shape, AVMs, stenosis and moyamoya, why a sudden thunderclap headache needs an emergency CT instead, and how to read your report.

An MRI hip scan can show avascular necrosis of the femoral head long before an X-ray turns abnormal — and that gap decides whether the hip can be saved or needs replacing. This guide covers AVN and its causes including steroids, ARCO staging, labral tears, FAI, occult fractures, transient osteoporosis, why both hips are scanned, implant safety, and how to read your report.

Your doctor has advised a CECT chest. Here is exactly why contrast is injected, how a CECT thorax differs from an HRCT chest and a CTPA, what it shows about lung masses, lymph nodes, pleura and vessels, how nodules are followed up, the kidney and metformin precautions, the radiation involved, and how to read your own report — written for patients in Delhi.

Your ENT doctor has advised a CT PNS scan. Here is what a sinus CT actually shows, the anatomy your report will name, how Lund-Mackay scoring works, what your surgeon needs before FESS, the radiation dose involved, and how to get it done in West Delhi.

Blood pressure and blood sugar send more Indian seafarers home without a certificate than any other finding. Here are the actual limits written in the Merchant Shipping (Medical Examination) Rules — 150/90, 160/100, 175/100 — what they mean for new candidates versus serving seafarers, and how diabetes is really assessed.

On the official register dated 11 September 2026, 29 of Delhi’s 31 DG approved medical examiners sit in the southern half of the city. One has a West Delhi address. What that means if you live west of the Ring Road — and how to verify any examiner before you book.

Looking for a CGHS panel MRI centre or empanelled lab in West Delhi? Edge Imaging & Diagnostics is NABH-accredited and empanelled with CGHS, DGHS and ESIC. Here is exactly how the referral works, what to carry, how billing differs for pensioners and serving employees, and how to avoid a wasted trip.

An MR fistulogram is the MRI that maps an anal fistula before surgery — every track, every branch, and exactly how much sphincter muscle is involved. Here is why fistulas recur without it, what the scan involves, whether contrast is needed, and what it costs in Delhi in 2026.

Prescription says “MRI whole spine screening”? It is a survey of the entire spine, not a detailed study of one region — and knowing the difference saves you money and repeat scans. What it finds, why TB spine and metastases need it, when a combined lumbar + screening study is ordered, red flags that need emergency care, and cost in Delhi 2026.