磁じ気き共きょう鳴めい断だん層そう撮さつ影えい

Meanings

magnetic resonance tomography; MRT

Medical imaging technique that uses magnetic fields and radio waves to produce cross-sectional images of the body. Often referred to as MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) in English, though technically MRT emphasizes the tomographic aspect.

医い師しは磁じ気き共きょう鳴めい断だん層そう撮さつ影えいの結けっ果かを詳くわしく説せつ明めいした。
The doctor explained the results of the magnetic resonance tomography in detail.

Kanji

磁magnet, porcelain
気spirit, mind, air
共together, both, neither
鳴chirp, cry, bark
断severance, decline, refuse
層stratum, social class, layer
撮snapshot, take pictures
影shadow, silhouette, phantom

Related words

MRI
MRI is the more common English abbreviation for magnetic resonance imaging, while 磁気共鳴断層撮影 is the full Japanese term. In Japanese medical contexts, MRI is also widely used as a loanword.
CT
CT (computed tomography) uses X-rays, whereas 磁気共鳴断層撮影 uses magnetic fields and does not involve ionizing radiation.

Built from

磁じ気き共きょう鳴めい+断だん層そう撮さつ影えい

Etymology

Compound of 磁気 (magnetic), 共鳴 (resonance), 断層 (tomography, literally 'slice layer'), and 撮影 (imaging, photography). The term is a direct translation of the English 'magnetic resonance tomography'.