[sitkack]

There is an opinion piece in the same issue that agrees with you.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp0670

> This machine costs a fraction of current clinical scanners, is safer, and needs no costly infrastructure to run (2). Although low-field machines are not capable of yielding images that are as detailed as those from high-field clinical machines, the relatively low manufacturing and operational costs offer a potential revolution in MRI technology as a point-of-care screening tool.

I don't think this machine is being billed as replacement to high-field machines.

[xattt]

> I don't think this machine is being billed as replacement to high-field machines.

Countries where health regulation is less developed are likely to see misrepresentation where this form of MRI will be equated to full-field MRI by snake oil salesmen.

[nullc]

The US government bought divining rods to detect IED's in Iraq. Dumb stuff happens, but we achieve so much in spite of it.

[ahaferburg]

You mean this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADE_651 If you did, the US government didn't buy those, but Iraq did.