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Long term, sure, but right now there's a limited number of very expensive MRI machines, X-rays are much more ubiquitous. Even if this involved a new machine, I
by SketchySeaBeast 7y ago
Long term, sure, but right now there's a limited number of very expensive MRI machines, X-rays are much more ubiquitous. Even if this involved a new machine, I imagine it would be much cheaper than an MRI.
- Merrill 7y agoLiquid helium to cool superconducting magnets in MRI machines is also at a premium. This may use a much less expensive machine.
- roywiggins 7y agoIn the US the cost of an MRI varies wildly and doesn't much correlate with the cost of providing them. The machines are not cheap, but a busy site can churn through scans, so it can end up working out to something fairly reasonable and not at all the most expensive thing going on in US healthcare.