Intermediate Short-Term Outcomes after Brain Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Neurology Outpatients

Abstract

In this patient population, neuroimaging was normal in the majority of the patients. Undergoing an imaging examination was of benefit to the patients and improved their sense of well-being mainly by the reassurance they experienced, as reported by 91% of the patients. At the authors' institution, the real cost of MMI in this patient population was only slightly higher than the real cost of CT The statistical analysis favors the use of MRI as a 1st imaging examination.