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Something similar and old, before MRI's.
The first commercially available CT scanner was created by British engineer Godfrey Hounsfield of EMI Laboratories in 1972.
He co-invented the technology with physicist Dr. Allan Cormack. Both researchers were later on jointly awarded the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine. -
The first ever, MRI scan!
On July 3, 1977, the first magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exam on a live human patient was performed.
MRI, which identifies atoms by how they behave in a magnetic field, has become an extremely useful non-invasive method for imagining internal bodily structures and diagnosing disease.
By the end of 1978, Damadian had founded his MRI scanner manufacturing company, Fonar. Six years later the device was approved for use by the FDA. -
Modern MRI's
The cost of a basic MRI scanner starts at $150,000 but can exceed several million dollars.
The scanner itself typically resembles a large tube with a table in the middle, allowing the patient to slide in.
An MRI scan now, differs from CT scans and X-rays, as it does not use potentially harmful ionizing radiation. -
Present Day MRI's
The cost of a basic MRI scanner starts at $150,000 but can exceed several million dollars.
The scanner itself typically resembles a large tube with a table in the middle, allowing the patient to slide in.
An MRI scan now, differs from CT scans and X-rays, as it does not use potentially harmful ionizing radiation. -
Present Day MRI's
The cost of a basic MRI scanner starts at $150,000 but can exceed several million dollars.
The scanner itself typically resembles a large tube with a table in the middle, allowing the patient to slide in.
An MRI scan now, differs from CT scans and X-rays, as it does not use potentially harmful ionizing radiation. -
The future of MRI's
The future MRI.
A person can just scan themselves standing upright, instead of laying down and being pushed into a machine.
Right after the scan, the pictures of the body/brain will come right up the machine.
It will cost from about $12 million to $40 million. -
The future of MRI's
The future MRI.
A person can just scan themselves standing upright, instead of laying down and being pushed into a machine.
Right after the scan, the pictures of the body/brain will come right up the machine.
It will cost from about $12 million to $40 million.