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Yeah MRI machine are definitively cavemen technology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_resonance_imaging#Physics_principles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma
by zeugma 17y ago
Yeah MRI machine are definitively cavemen technology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_resonance_imaging#Physics_principles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_resonance_imaging#Phys...) you should help
- noonespecial 17y agoWell, yeah, I know, magnetic resonance is a mighty cool hack. I was just hoping that it could be maybe, you know, a bit smaller. Not costing as much as a first class ticket from NY to Tokyo for a trip through one might be a nice touch as well. Hell, lets just go all sci-fi and get right to the part where there's an iphone app for waving over a person and seeing their insides in full color in real time...
- chrischen 17y agoIsn't it much cheaper in countries like in Japan? I heard it was under $100 to get scanned.
- Andys 17y agoIt is certainly much cheaper here in Australia, the cost is several hundred dollars. There are MRI machines available in just about every major suburb.
- shiro 17y agoIn Japan MRI is covered by public insurance. You only need to pay around $60-$80.
- yummyfajitas 17y agoFor a low quality scan (resolution about 1/3 what you get in the US). A 2 tesla scan (what you get in the US) will cost the same as in the US (though the government may subsidize it). I've heard it suggested that Japan got "scan-happy" (patients want a scan, kind of like how US patients want antibiotics for their virus), so they built cheapo MRIs to give them what they want.
- shiro 17y agoThanks for the info. I didn't know.
- Locke1689 17y agoI don't think you should have been voted down for that. As a physics minor, I have to say that MRIs are some of the coolest things I've ever come across. The leap to their invention was brilliant.