• Question: what is a MRI scanner?

    Asked by 477medb55 to Clare on 11 Mar 2015.
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      Clare Devery answered on 11 Mar 2015:

      Hi! An MRI scanner is a machine used in hospitals to generate images of inside a patients body (like an image of their heart or brain.) It uses a giant magnet and radiowaves to do this. The magnet is cyclindrical in shape and the patient lies insied it – pretty cool! MRI stands for magnetic resonance imaging by the way – fun fact for a table quiz!

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