See if you can put a date to that incident - I heard about that as well and would not be surprised at all if it went down in the 1970's. Times change and so do ethical standards of society and medical care. Fifty years ago if a patient had a tumor, you felt the tumor so you knew what a tumor felt like - the height of…

As a doctor specializing in medical imaging, I couldn’t resist replying to an article about doctors using modern technology. I manage the ultrasound and electromagnetic spectra for your benefit when consulted by your doctor, using superconductors (MRI), radiation (x-rays, gamma rays & beta particles) and anti-matter…

Radiologist here (doctor specializing in medical imaging), and I agree about the poor image quality from lower field strength (open) MRI. The greater the field strength (1.5 or 3.0 tesla), in general, the better image quality. That being said, there may be good reason to use a lower field strength 1.5T MRI, like a…