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Answer: "This particular MR image, though, was not made for diagnostic purposes, nor even really for science. No one, to my knowledge, had ever made an MR image
by vilhelm_s 11y ago
Answer: "This particular MR image, though, was not made for diagnostic purposes, nor even really for science. No one, to my knowledge, had ever made an MR image of a mother and child. We made this one because we wanted to see it."
The question I was wondering about is "how did she get two million dollars to buy a 3-tesla MRI machine". And the answer is, be a professor at MIT. (http://saxelab.mit.edu/ http://saxelab.mit.edu/)
- omginternets 11y ago"Because I had to use up my leftover grant money, and my students already had new office chairs." Edit: downvoters have clearly never worked in a university research environment.
- randlet 11y agoI'm not sure if you're trying to imply something negative about this project or not, but there are many many research MRI's around and it's not completely unreasonable to spare 15 min of MRI time for something like this.
- carlob 11y agoYeah, it's not like they are disposable machines that get thrown away after one scan.
- acveilleux 11y agoHell, most research magnets spend a fair bit of time idle, it's often possible to get that time for "free" for a variety of reasons like no show test subjects.
- vilhelm_s 11y agoI don't have anything negative to say about "the project" but I think the headline is kindof stupid; surely there is no great mystery. Of course she wants an MRI-picture of herself, I would love to have one too, wouldn't everyone? But few people are in a position to get one.
- cafebeen 11y agoIt's easy and cheap to get an MRI by volunteering to participate in an imaging research study. You can typically ask for the data, and they will actually pay you for your time.