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Originally Posted by greenjeans
I believe that I had the same test as you Erin. My scan started at the top and worked it's way all the way down, and side to side.....
I'm still confused tho....are you saying the orbital is JUST the eyes? Or are you saying it is more focused for the eyes? My first MRI I had done in 2001 showed my tear gland to be bigger than normal, and I actually had a biopsy done. He cut open near my tear gland and removed a peice for study. It came out negitive. But this was the same test he ordered last September...the Brain/Orbital....god, I'm confused 
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The orbital is of the optic nerve, but I dont know if it's more focused or whatever. I would guess that they somehow zoom in on the area of the optic nerve. I dont know that much about MRI's and how they see what they see. (I dont like being in the machines, so I guess I've never researched how they work much)
I know that the two machines that I've been in are Tesla 3's. If I have to get another MRI done, I might have that done at the University Hospital where the MS Clinic is, since they have a Tesla 7 there. (think it's a 7...it's a brand new machine)
But since I dont want to have another brain MRI because I'm seriously claustrophobic, I probably wont. Spinal MRI's arent so bad, but the brain MRI's scare the crap out of me. I cant stand being strapped down into the little helmet cage thingie where I cant move my head. After that brain MRI, my claustrophobia seemed to get triggered to the point where I dont even like to be in a crowd of people while outside in a big open space.