Brain MRI in Los Angeles

An MRI of your brain, with no radiation, and 4 clinics in Los Angeles that list it.

Time: One scan Lying still in the scanner
What you do: Lie still in an MRI It is loud; ear protection helps
You get: Brain images and a report Sometimes volume measurements

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A brain MRI uses a strong magnet and radio waves, with no radiation, to take detailed pictures of your brain. You lie still inside the scanner, which is noisy, and some clinics add software that measures the size of brain regions against people your age.

In someone without symptoms, it records a baseline so a later scan has something to be compared with. Measuring brain volume in healthy adults is an emerging use, and a scan can turn up incidental findings that need follow-up. Brain MRI with volumetric analysis is offered under brands like NeuroQuant.

Showing 4 clinics that list brain MRI in Los Angeles

Concierge preventive and functional medicine practice in operation since 1992, with a referral-only annual program capped at 75 clients.

LifeSpan Medicine

Santa Monica, Westside

Advanced diagnostics & emerging careBrain & cognitionGut & digestive health

LifeSpan Medicine is a concierge preventive and functional medicine practice in Santa Monica, in practice since 1992. Founder Dr. Chris Renna leads its Platinum program, an annual longevity program capped at 75 clients and joined by referral. Diagnostics run from full-body and brain MRI to early cancer detection, alongside hormone therapy. People come here for a whole-body baseline and early cancer screening. Led by Dr. Chris Renna.

Tests & services

Full-body MRI Peptide therapy Gut microbiome testing IV vitamin therapy +5 more

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Whole-body MRI screening center scanning for tumors and abnormalities before symptoms appear, with scan tiers that extend coverage.

Prenuvo, Los Angeles

West Los Angeles, Wilshire and Bundy

Whole-body baselineAdvanced diagnostics & emerging careBrain & cognition

Prenuvo Los Angeles is a dedicated whole-body imaging center in West LA. Its whole-body MRI screens for tumors and abnormalities across the body before symptoms appear, with scan tiers that extend coverage. Scans are booked as single visits, and results come with a detailed report. People come here to establish a whole-body baseline and for early cancer screening. Led by Dr. Daniel Durand, MD, Dr. Amar Patel, MD.

Tests & services

Comprehensive biomarker panel Full-body MRI Brain MRI with volumetrics

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Members-only concierge practice pairing a dedicated primary care physician with whole genome sequencing, liquid biopsy screening and full-body MRI.

Sydenham Clinic Beverly Hills

Beverly Hills, Golden Triangle

Whole-body baselineAdvanced diagnostics & emerging careCancer risk & screening

Sydenham Clinic Beverly Hills is a members-only concierge medicine practice on Bedford Drive in the Golden Triangle. Members get a dedicated primary care physician and advanced diagnostics, from full-body and brain MRI to whole genome sequencing and liquid biopsy cancer screening. Care runs as an annual membership across five programs. People come here for a whole-body baseline and early cancer screening. Led by Dr. Adam Brittain.

Tests & services

Biological age testing Comprehensive biomarker panel Coronary calcium score Full-body MRI +7 more

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Radiologist-led preventive imaging practice whose ZeroRad whole-body MRI runs without radiation or contrast, alongside coronary CT, virtual colonoscopy and DEXA.

Smart Heart and Health Preventive Imaging

Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica

Heart & circulationCancer risk & screeningWhole-body baseline

Smart Heart and Health is a Santa Monica preventive imaging practice led by neuroradiologist Bradley Jabour, MD, with a nuclear medicine director alongside him. Its ZeroRad whole-body MRI images head to upper thigh with no radiation and no contrast, and the practice publishes a coronary CT angiogram that can run the same day, plus virtual colonoscopy, low-dose lung CT, prostate MRI and DEXA.

Tests & services

Coronary calcium score DEXA scan Full-body MRI Brain MRI with volumetrics +5 more

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Brain MRI: common questions

Which clinics in Los Angeles list brain MRI?

4 in our Los Angeles guide: LifeSpan Medicine, Prenuvo, Los Angeles, Sydenham Clinic Beverly Hills and Smart Heart and Health Preventive Imaging.

Who cannot have an MRI?

Tell the clinic about any implanted device or metal in your body, since the magnet can affect them. Some people with these can still be scanned safely.

What is an incidental finding?

Something the scan shows that nobody was looking for. Most turn out to be harmless, but some lead to more tests.

Sources: ACR and RSNA, RadiologyInfo: MRI of the Brain; American College of Radiology: Incidental Findings