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MR scanner, 
  1. Medicinea diagnostic device employing nuclear magnetic resonance to display computer-generated sectional images of the body, consisting of a large, body-encircling magnet that generates a strong, uniform magnetic field which interacts with radio waves to excite the nuclei of hydrogen atoms, or other specific atoms, and a detection system that picks up the signals from the body and transforms them into a visual image. Also called MR imager, MRI scanner, NMR scanner. 

'MR scanner' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
MR scan - MRI - NMR scanner - magnetic resonance scanner

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