The idea of this blog is to collect the most interesting articles,Cases,new technologies related to the world of Radiology whatever its type Xray,CT,MRI,Ultrasound....

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Missile inside MRI room


Actually there is no true missiles at all but the environment of the magnetic resonance imaging room can make it possible, when the device is turned on and the powerfull magnetic force starts to work (60000 to 140000 times as powerfull as the earth),when the scan is on, appliances and other magnetic materials may become high-speed projectiles .Materials that are dangerous include oxygen bottles, stretchers, and wheelchairs made of magnetic materials.
My friend Lazo had an accident when he was inside the MRI room and the device was turned on by mistake for few seconds(2-4 s) , his mobile was inside his  pocket & Lazo got pulled toward the magnet with a horrible power till the magnet is off ,
Fortuntly nothing happened to him ,so be carefull of MRI.
(The above image was taken from a powerpoint presentaion labeled as Allegra MR scanner at the Cyclotron Research Centre )

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

mini ultrasound


I was shocked when I saw something like that , but it's real .
this is a portable ultrasound that you can take any where and any time,I cant say any thing more because the image beside is more significant

you can download the pdf (clickhere)from Siemens medical website

Laptop as an Ultrasound device


while I was browsing the internet I found an amazing ultrasound probe that can be connected to a laptop and then you have a fully functional ultrasound device,

  • CPU Hardware:

    SmartProbe Connection: IEEE Standard 1394 - 6 pin (Firewire); In the Gateway, custom connection through the media bay.
    Processor: Pentium III
    Processor Speed: 700 MgHz+
    Random Access Memory: 192 MB RAM minimum; (If running multiple diagnostic application on the same CPU, please consult AMD on RAM recommendations).
    Hard Drive: 10 Gigabit
    Recommended Peripheral: Rewritable CD ROM

  • Software:

    Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
  • for more info click here

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