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.
It is normal for the CT scanner to make a whirring noise during the exam, so you should not be alarmed. The table will be moving a few millimeters at a time in order to obtain images of small slices of the brain, until the exam is finished. The procedure usually takes between 20 minutes and an hour. CT scan uses X-rays to take pictures of your skull and brain. The patient lies in a tunnel-like machine while the inside of the machine rotates and takes X-rays of the head from different angles.