Translation guide
MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) is a medical imaging technique. In Japanese, it is commonly referred to as MRI (エムアールアイ) or by the fuller term 磁気共鳴画像法, though the abbreviation is most frequent in everyday medical contexts.
Referring to the MRI scan itself, the machine, or the procedure.
The most common and natural way to refer to MRI in Japanese, used in both medical and everyday conversation.
来週、MRIを撮ります。
I'm getting an MRI next week.
MRIの結果は来週出ます。
The MRI results will be out next week.
The full technical term for MRI. Rarely used in conversation; mainly found in academic or technical writing.
磁気共鳴画像法は非侵襲的な検査です。
Magnetic resonance imaging is a non-invasive examination.