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Table 8 Utilisation of MRI by examination region at public hospitalsa in Myanmar (2015–2017)

From: Geographic distribution and utilisation of CT and MRI services at public hospitals in Myanmar

Region of body examined

2015

2016

2017

N

%

N

%

N

%

 Brain/Head

529

28.2

983

22.5

1486

27.8

 Whole spine

12

0.6

67

1.5

18

0.3

 Cervical spine

312

16.6

499

11.4

748

14.0

 Thoracic spine &Thoraco-lumbar spine

211

11.3

473

10.8

440

8.2

 Lumbar spine

533

28.4

1546

35.4

1650

30.9

 Abdominal and/or pelvic

35

1.9

145

3.3

262

4.9

 Pelvic

49

2.6

69

1.6

78

1.5

 Both hips

11

0.6

103

2.4

79

1.5

 Thorax

43

2.3

10

0.2

30

0.6

 Limbs/Joints

77

4.1

292

6.7

304

5.7

 MRCP

39

2.1

51

1.2

78

1.5

 MRV/MRA

3

0.2

10

0.2

19

0.4

 Other

20

1.1

125

2.9

154

2.9

Total

1874

100

4373

100

5346

100

  1. aData were not available for Yangon General Hospital; MRCP Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography, MRV Magnetic resonance venography, MRA Magnetic resonance angiography