From: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
Subject: Re: Too many MRIs?
Reply-To: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh Computer Science
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In article <1q6rie$mo2@access.digex.net> kfl@access.digex.com (Keith F. Lynch) writes:

>So, why are the scans so expensive, and what can be done to reduce the
>expense?  Isn't it just a box with some big magnets, a radio transmitter,
>and an attached PC?

The magnets are huge!  Good MRI sets with big (>1.5 Tesla) magnets
cost millions of dollars.  Then, the radiologist wants $400 for
reading each scan.

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