Hi,
Please only answer this with what happens at Birmingham Children’s hospital please. As no other hospitals are useful to me.

1) During an MRI Scan can you wear your own clothes? (Obviously wihout metal though.)
2) About how long will a scan on your back take?
3) How long does it take for the results to come?

Thanks!

I don’t know about Birminham Children’s Hospital, specifically, but I’ve worked in other children’s hospitals and perhaps I can offer some advice.

1) Depending on what part of the body is being scanned, you may be allowed to leave your own clothes on, say, for an MRI of the head, but we’d have you wear a gown if we were scanning your lower back, for instance.

2) The back has difference parts, e.g. cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral spine and each one adds to the amount of time it takes to do the test. Most exams are targted to a region, let’s say the lumbar and sacral spine. Sometimes,however, your physician will want a full spine which may take as much as 45 minutes or so to do.

3) After a scan, the results are generally made available to the ordering physician in 48 to 72 hours.

I wish you well and hope this was somewhat helpful.