Menopause, also known as the climacteric, is the time in most women's lives when menstrual periods stop permanently, and the woman is no longer able to have children. Menopause typically occurs between 45 and 55 years of age.
The turnaround time for an MRI scan depends on the radiologists' schedule. At many medical centers, the radiologist may interpret the scan and write a report on the order of several hours to one day. From that point, it is up to the physician who ordered the MRI scan to share the results with the patient.
An MRI usually takes 30 to 60 minutes but can take as long as 2 hours. How It Feels You will not have pain from the magnetic field or radio waves used for the MRI.