Making My Own Glasses

Re:Making My Own Glasses by stevekemp on Friday October 04, 2019 @01:46PM (#21160076)

I found it fascinating, after moving to Finland and having an MRI scan done, that it was possible to order a copy of the results on CD-ROM posted to my house.

Having worked in the medical field in the past exploring a DICOM dataset was no challenge, and the end result is I have a rotating 3D-view of my own brain! (Well just blood vessels, but still ..)

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Re:Making My Own Glasses by rconti on Friday October 04, 2019 @04:57PM (#21161818)

Here in the US, I got an MRI at a 3rd party lab (not a hospital), and they gave me a copy on CD-ROM as I walked out. I didn't even have to ask! I was quite surprised, as I assumed the results would just be shared with my doctor electronically. I have no idea if I would have gotten this same treatment if I had paid 10x as much for the MRI at Stanford Hospital. (I'm guessing not).

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Re:Making My Own Glasses by mastre_ on Saturday October 05, 2019 @02:15AM (#21164091)

You do. We got MRIs on disc at UCLA Santa Monica, free of charge. It's pretty standard.

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