**10. Conclusions**

Studies in MRI to diagnose soft-tissue injuries, mainly of the skeletal muscle and central nervous system, indicated that the most-used pulse sequence is the spin echo. Through this sequence it is possible to obtain images in axial, frontal, and sagittal planes. According to these studies, the images obtained in the axial plane are those that show the lesions in detail.

The sequences with contrast images obtained on T1-weighted images are the most important to determine areas of injury with greater specificity. T2-weighted images allow accurately diagnosed injuries. Paramagnetic agents are of primary importance and its use in MRI provides information about the behavior of the lesions.

MRI scans can be conducted in all regions of the body such as brain, spine, joints (shoulder, knee), extremities, chest, abdomen, and others. It is an excellent method for detecting tumours and other soft-tissue lesions based on the criteria of patient safety in relation to the magnetic field, pathology and site to investigate, as well as technical parameters and tissue, which are critical in image acquisition.
