Monday, July 28, 2014

MRIs Help Make The World A Better Place


MRIs are important to me because they can show what might be wrong with the brain or any other part of the body.  I'm going to have a brain MRI in a couple of days in Seattle.  MRIs have been used to look for tumors, bleeding, hemorrhages, or other brain problems.  MRIs are different from CAT scans and x-rays because an MRI stands for magnetic resonance imaging.


MRIs are radio waves inside a strong magnetic field that translates into lots and lots of digital pictures like I'm showing here.  I like this technology because you can show and determine what is wrong with people.  Then people can get the help they need to start to fix themselves.  Maybe they need surgery, medicine or medical treatment.  


This picture show all the different areas of the brain.  This technology can probably show the brain's abnormality if there is one.  The brain is a very complex organ with lots of parts.  MRIs can show what has happened because of an accident or show something that someone was born with.


MRIs help make the world a better place because they spot health problems so the medical staff can help fix them and treat them.   The MRI was invented 37 years ago but took many years to become available to the general public, so it's pretty new technology.


In my opinion if hospitals want to have access to cool technology like this they need to purchase the equipment from the people who develop it the quickest.  


Besides our tax dollars going to pay for infrastructures, I think MRI machines should be paid with tax revenue so that everybody can have access to MRIs.  Everyone has health problems and so everyone needs good access to MRIs if they need one.

2 comments:

  1. Kiel - I like MRI's as well... your MRI showed that your brain is large and goes to show what Mom and I have been telling you all along that you exercise your brain by researching and being curious and learning things and your brain sets up new connections that let you enjoy life more. Love DAD

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  2. I remember reading that all of the gadgets used on Star Trek had a theoretical base or they were not allowed on the show. It is no wonder that many of these devices are now being created by newer technology. I would like to see phasers, transporters and warp drives before I day. It would be great to travel to Proxima Centauri. I just had a full body CT scan… The CT machine filled a room…if they could miniaturize it, it would be just like a tricorder.

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