Brain on Psychedelics

Re:Brain on Psychedelics by Broken_Hippo on Thursday October 06, 2022 @01:07PM (#33110956)

To everyone reading: There is a cage on your head if you get a scan of your head. But if they are looking at your abdomen, you'll find a different sort of device over your midsection. I'm guessing that they have stuff for other parts as well.

I don't personally mind the cage, and a lot of models have a mirror so that your field of vision is greater than the tube. (I get regular MRIs due to MS and a pancreas cyst)

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Re:Brain on Psychedelics by agumonkey on Thursday October 06, 2022 @01:15PM (#33111056)

Apologies for not being precise :)

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Re:Brain on Psychedelics by Mezzie on Thursday October 06, 2022 @10:55PM (#33116921)

Huh this just made me realize I never keep my eyes open in the MRI machine. (I also have MS). Now I'm wondering which is more common.

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Re:Brain on Psychedelics by Broken_Hippo on Friday October 07, 2022 @04:59AM (#33118919)

I keep my eyes open as they put me in the tube, and close them when the test starts. I'm always afraid that I'll think something looks interesting and move my head while trying to see it. I might find an MRI relaxing, but I still don't wanna do it twice.

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Re:Brain on Psychedelics by Mezzie on Friday October 07, 2022 @09:49AM (#33121263)

I hate when I have to do them twice. I twitch a lot. It's the worst, and I'm uncomfortable, and the tech is stressed because it screws up the scheduling and ugh it's just the worst.

Or when I have to pee in the middle.

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Re:Brain on Psychedelics by ta988 on Thursday October 06, 2022 @11:50PM (#33117215)

Yes these are the coils used for excitation and reading. But really what you hear are the gradient coils inside the magnet assembly.

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