MRI
noun
: magnetic resonance imaging
also
: the procedure in which magnetic resonance imaging is used
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Trump officials view Greenland’s underground riches as a way to loosen China’s stranglehold over the rare-earth metals that are critical for everything from fighter jets and lasers to electric vehicles and MRI scanners.
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Matt Egan, CNN Money, 22 Jan. 2026
Seventeen-year-old Sachchit Balamurugan watched his grandfather die from a rare and aggressive cancer, then spent months developing AI models that combine MRI imaging, transcriptomic data, and convolutional neural networks to detect the disease with over 90 percent accuracy.
—Craig S. Smith, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
After the game, Macdonald said Charbonnet would need an MRI to determine the extent of the injury.
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2026
Herro out Herro, who has played in only 11 of the Heat’s first 42 games, did not accompany the team to San Francisco on Sunday and will get an MRI on an injured rib that sidelined him for Saturday’s win against Oklahoma City.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 18 Jan. 2026
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Matt Egan, CNN Money, 22 Jan. 2026
Seventeen-year-old Sachchit Balamurugan watched his grandfather die from a rare and aggressive cancer, then spent months developing AI models that combine MRI imaging, transcriptomic data, and convolutional neural networks to detect the disease with over 90 percent accuracy.
—Craig S. Smith, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
After the game, Macdonald said Charbonnet would need an MRI to determine the extent of the injury.
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2026
Herro out Herro, who has played in only 11 of the Heat’s first 42 games, did not accompany the team to San Francisco on Sunday and will get an MRI on an injured rib that sidelined him for Saturday’s win against Oklahoma City.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 18 Jan. 2026
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MRI
noun
: magnetic resonance imaging
also
: a procedure in which magnetic resonance imaging is used
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