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GM adverted a hand held MRI years ago. Where is it? I fear perverse economic incentives are holding the industry back. Case in point, the X-Prize funded medica
by transfire 6y ago
GM adverted a hand held MRI years ago. Where is it?
I fear perverse economic incentives are holding the industry back. Case in point, the X-Prize funded medical tricorder. Amazing work was done by many teams, but we see no end product because the FDA over regulates (to support entrenched business interests).
- tgflynn 6y agoI was high school age in the early 80's when MRI machines were first getting deployed and I was very interested in the technology back then. I remember reading books/articles that claimed that within a few years there would be in-vivo NMR machines in doctors offices which would replace many blood tests. I've often wondered why that future never materialized. Is there some major technical obstacle that wasn't understood then, did the economics turn out against it or is there some other reason ?