TY - JOUR T1 - MRI: how to understand it JF - Practical Neurology JO - Pract Neurol SP - 216 LP - 224 DO - 10.1136/practneurol-2020-002905 VL - 21 IS - 3 AU - Claire Louise MacIver AU - Sian Ebden AU - Emma C Tallantyre Y1 - 2021/06/01 UR - http://pn.bmj.com/content/21/3/216.abstract N2 - MRI is a staple of the neurologist’s armoury when facing diagnostic challenges. At times, it can reveal or confirm the diagnosis with clarity, at others it brings us no further forwards, or even muddies the water. We rely on the expertise of neuroradiology colleagues to interpret MR images, but the choice of protocol for MR acquisition and its interpretation hinge crucially on the clinical information we provide. Having a degree of understanding about how MRI works, its limitations and pitfalls, can help to optimise what we learn from a scan. ER -