As to how long it takes to get the report card after the MRI is performed, the situation varies from hospital to hospital and is generally roughly around two hours. In individual cases or in difficult cases where necessary case discussions are needed, the time to issue the report is longer and the report may be picked up the next day. In addition, in larger hospitals, the report may take longer than two hours due to the high concentration of patients, workload, or relatively small staff. That is, the time it takes for the patient to receive the report card is related to the diagnosis and not to the time of the MRI, because the MRI film can be generated a few minutes after the examination is completed.