FDA clears ‘world’s first’ portable, low-cost MRI

Re:FDA clears ‘world’s first’ portable, low-cost MRI by SubiculumCode on Sunday February 16, 2020 @01:08AM (#22340079)

There is a big red button to quench the magnet in emergencies, but it can cost a lot of money to get the MRI going again.

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Re:FDA clears ‘world’s first’ portable, low-cost MRI by ska on Sunday February 16, 2020 @02:03AM (#22340253)

Money and time. I recall one clinical machine that was still not operational I think something like 15 months after unintentional quench. That’s expensive real estate to be sitting idle.

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Re:FDA clears ‘world’s first’ portable, low-cost MRI by markus92 on Sunday February 16, 2020 @02:41AM (#22340422)

15 months is exceptionally long. With a decent support contract, it can all be sorted out in a few weeks.

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Re:FDA clears ‘world’s first’ portable, low-cost MRI by ska on Sunday February 16, 2020 @12:24PM (#22342575)

In theory it can, but depends a bit of damage and the state of your support . I suspect that one was due to arguing about the latter than the former.

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