"IIRC the vast majority of the cost of an MRI is the amortized cost of the imager" This is certainly false for clinical MR imaging in Canada. The biggest compo

"IIRC the vast majority of the cost of an MRI is the amortized cost of the imager" This is certainly false for clinical MR imaging in Canada. The biggest component is the cost of interpreting the scan, i.e. the radiologist's time. "regular full-body MRI scans for preventative healthcare could be feasible." What's the point? What are you looking for? What is the false positive rate on that? Screening for the sake of screening is a mirage[0]. [0] https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/a-skeptical-look-at-screening-tests/ https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/a-skeptical-look-at-screeni...