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Not to mention that MRIs represent a significant portion of a person's yearly allowable radiation dose. Not worth it to irradiate people without having a reason
by ijustlovemath 2y ago
Not to mention that MRIs represent a significant portion of a person's yearly allowable radiation dose. Not worth it to irradiate people without having a reason.
There's also a recent trend in some medical diagnostics of having a lighter touch, instead of running all the tests and potentially drawing the wrong conclusion from heaps of data.
- krastanov 2y agoThere is no ionizing radiation in MRI. Only strong low-frequency magnetic fields.
- fragmede 2y agoYou're thinking of CT scans. MRIs use Magnets and Radios to make Images, not radiation. you're thinking of CT scans, which use X-rays. we can't get random MRI scans done because they're very expensive.
- krastanov 2y agoThe R stands for Resonance, not for Radio.
- perihelions 2y agoSince it's a resonance of radio-frequency waves, the parent's not really in error.
- assmanreturns 2y agoAnd why is that? How does resonance alter the fact that the radiation is non ionizing and therefore not cancer causing.
- KingMob 2y agoThe comment you're replying to isn't debating that point, I think. They're saying "you got the precise acronym wrong, but what you did write is still technically correct".
- demosito666 2y ago> we can't get random MRI scans done because they're very expensive. How come then that outside of Western Europe and US it costs $100-200? Or is it because the MRI machines were amortized in EU/US first?