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Re:MRI Brain Images Just Got 64M Times Sharper by giarc on Friday April 21, 2023 @02:03PM (#35657654)
>you can't take those numbers at face value because how many people who need MRI aren't prescribed one to begin with.

Citation needed (that isn't your n=1 story). If someone's problem was bad enough, they'd book an MRI regardless of how far out it was. If someone says "nah, don't even bother" perhaps their problem isn't that bad.

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Re:MRI Brain Images Just Got 64M Times Sharper by parthdesai on Friday April 21, 2023 @05:30PM (#35660487)
> My coworker fell in Costa Rica, hurt her knee and came back and had an MRI the same week. I saw my doctor in mid-March and she ordered an MRI on my neck, it's scheduled for next week.

You started your entire argument on this point, i.e. (n=2) lol

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Re:MRI Brain Images Just Got 64M Times Sharper by giarc on Monday April 24, 2023 @08:49AM (#35687010)
Sure I'll give you that. However I then followed with population level data from two of the large Canadian provinces representing nearly 20 million people.
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