Magnetic resonance imaging has become the single most useful test for the diagnosis of MS; MRI is sensitive to brain changes which are seen in MS. Classically, the MRI shows lesions in the white matter deep in the brain near the fluid spaces of the brain (the ventricles).
One may also ask, can MS lesions be missed on MRI?
MRIs are not a 100 percent positive in the diagnosis of MS. In 5 percent of the people showing clinical MS disease activity, lesions were not visible on the MRI. However, if follow-up MRI studies continue to show no lesions, the MS diagnosis should be reconsidered.
Correspondingly, what is MRI multiple sclerosis?
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the gold standard imaging technique for the identification of demyelinating lesions which can be used to support a clinical diagnosis of MS, and MS can now be diagnosed in some patients after a clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) using new MRI diagnostic criteria.