1. Magnetic Resonance Imaging
... by seven feet wide by ten feet long. In the center of this cube, there is a horizontal table called a bore. (www.howstuffworks.com) The bore runs through the magnet from the front of the machine to the back. The person who is receiving the test lies on their back and depending on the exam will be slid in head first or feet first. The way the "body responds to those fields and how it relaxes ... plane chosen by the machine operator. The parts of the body such as fat have a high signal and are displayed with the color white. Other parts of the body such as air in the lungs are seen in the...
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