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I had an MRI recently and I knew what to expect in terms of the enclosed space, however, all the various sounds the machine makes is a bit alarming. They are qu
by giarc 3y ago
I had an MRI recently and I knew what to expect in terms of the enclosed space, however, all the various sounds the machine makes is a bit alarming. They are quite loud and vary quite a bit in terms of tone and type.
- xattt 3y agoThe bore of a 3T scanner makes a 1.5T machine seem like it’s the Metropolitan Opera House. The bore is the size of your head with just enough room to not drag your nose on the top.
- BariumBlue 3y agoI got into an MRI once, a while ago. Iirc the most alarming aspect of the sounds was that they gave the impression of massive objects spinning, whirring, and moving rather fast around you.
- xattt 3y agoModern CT scanners, at high rate acquisition modes (like ECG-gated cardiac imaging), spin ridiculously large masses (tube one side + detector on the other) at ridiculously large speeds without killing anyone. In contrast, MRIs are like the ultimate trance build-up.