Referring Providers
BIDMC welcomes physician referrals and the opportunity to provide excellent care for your patients.
Division of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Care, Research & Education
The Division of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), part of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s (BIDMC) Department of Radiology, offers advanced imaging services using state-of-the-art technology. The division includes 10 in-house clinical Siemens and GE scanners, featuring two 3T magnet systems, eight 1.5T units and four scanners with wide bores to accommodate a range of patient needs. A 1.5T and a 3T GE MR system are used for both clinical and research purposes.
The division routinely performs MR-guided prostate biopsies and MR elastography. In collaboration with the Cardiology Department, a 1.5T whole-body Philips MRI system is dedicated to cardiac imaging. Research resources include a 9.4T horizontal bore small animal magnet and a Hypersense hyperpolarizer unit.
In addition to our care services, the MRI Division is also committed to shaping the future of radiology and imaging. We lead numerous education and research opportunities designed to train the next generation of specialists and deepen the study and practice of radiology.
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Care & Services
BIDMC is a busy Level-I Trauma Center and a major teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. BIDMC is also a major New England referral center for liver transplantation, inflammatory bowel disease, and hepatobiliary, pancreatic, gastrointestinal and genitourinary oncology cases.
The Body MRI service is a high-volume service responsible for performing and interpreting a wide variety of MRI studies obtained both within our medical center and affiliates, including:
- Hepatobiliary
- Liver
- MR elastography
- Iron and fat liver quantification
- Biliary MRCP
- Pancreas
- Pancreas MRCP
- Secretin-MRCP
- Spleen
- GI tract
- MR enterography
- Perianal fistula
- Rectal cancer staging
- Anal cancer staging
- MR defecography
- Genitourinary
- Adrenal
- Renal
- MR urogram
- Bladder
- Urethra
- Male pelvis
- Prostate
- In-bore MRI-guided prostate biopsies
- Contouring for MRI-US fusion biopsies
- Penis
- Scrotum
- Female pelvis
- Uterus
- Ovaries
- MRI in pregnancy
- Acute abdominal/pelvic pain
- Placental abnormalities
- Peritoneum and retroperitoneum
- Oncology
- Lymphedema
- Chest and mediastinum
- MRA of the chest, abdomen, pelvis, and extremities
- Aorta
- Pulmonary artery
- Mesenteric arteries
- Upper and lower extremity run-offs
Education & Training
The Body MRI Fellowship at BIDMC is a Harvard Medical School-affiliated, one-year advanced subspecialty program designed to prepare fellows to become expert diagnostic consultants and practitioners in the field of Body MRI. We also offer our Body MRI Radiology Observership for continuing education and professional development.
Research
Our professional researchers are at the cutting edge of advancements in this critical field of medicine. Their research activities help our physicians develop innovative service offerings and treatment options for patients and their loved ones.
