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Are the “radio waves” used in MRI like regular radio waves?

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Are the “radio waves” used in MRI like regular radio waves?

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No. While the MRI does use a radio wave antenna to send signals to the body and receive signals back during the procedure, the “radio wave signals” are actually a changing magnetic field that is much weaker than the strong magnetic field of the main magnet in the machine.