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Rethinking MRI Scans Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - Iddo Genuth Home >> Headlines >> Medicine   
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Biomedical engineers in Switzerland have discovered a new way of using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners to produce images with more uniform quality. This technique could also remove the need for patients to be placed in a narrow tube making the experience less intimidating, especially for children. In a standard MRI scan, a magnetic field is applied to a body, causing the magnetic moments of hydrogen atoms to align. (source: physicsworld.com)
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