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Discuss “How Things Work: Magnetic Resonance Imaging”

Advances in medical technology have changed not only the way that doctors treat patients, but also how doctors discover what, exactly, needs to be treated.

One of the most accurate forms of imaging available to doctors today is the MRI. An MRI, or magnetic resonance image, is a picture of the insides of a living organism.

Radio waves produce an MRI image, as opposed to the X-rays that produce images in CT scans.

When the process was first used in 1977, it could take up to five hours to obtain an image. However, due to technological advances, what was once a long process now takes only seconds.

The most recognizeable characteristic of an MRI machine is its magnet, which is cylindrical in shape with a hollow center. The magnets used in most...

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