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How MRI Machines Use Powerful Magnets to See Inside the Human Body

MRI machines rely on massive superconducting magnets and complex software to produce detailed images of our organs and tissues. This video explains how engineers create stable magnetic fields and ...
Petersburg Pilot

Petersburg's hospital prepares first MRI machine for patients after months of waiting

Inside a small booth with a large glass window, Petersburg Medical Center Radiology Manager Sonja Paul was running Petersburg’s new MRI machine through a quality control test. “These machines can get ...

Disney characters are now inside MRI machines to calm scared kids during scans

The machines use characters like Mickey Mouse, Marvel heroes, and Star Wars favorites to help calm children during scans. A ...

At Rady Children’s in Orange, Disney characters in MRI rooms aim to ease scan anxiety

Philips and The Walt Disney Company are rolling out a Disney-themed MRI experience aimed at making scans less stressful for ...
University of California

UC researchers develop a genetic sensor that could allow MRIs to image molecular-level changes

You’ve seen people sliding into the tube of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine on your favorite medical drama, or maybe you’ve been inside one yourself, waiting as the noisy scanner makes ...

Disney transforms MRIs to help calm kids during scans; O.C. hospital first in U.S. rollout

Children undergoing stressful MRI scans could soon be comforted by familiar Disney characters like Mickey Mouse, Marvel superheroes and Disney Princesses under a new global partnership announced ...

Kidney disease, pregnancy, tattoos: Expert on when MRI scans may be risky

Patients should inform doctors about pacemakers, surgeries, implants, pregnancy, kidney disease, allergies, hearing devices, ...