[ijustlovemath]

Not to mention that MRIs represent a significant portion of a person's yearly allowable radiation dose. Not worth it to irradiate people without having a reason.

There's also a recent trend in some medical diagnostics of having a lighter touch, instead of running all the tests and potentially drawing the wrong conclusion from heaps of data.

[krastanov]

There is no ionizing radiation in MRI. Only strong low-frequency magnetic fields.

[fragmede]

You're thinking of CT scans. MRIs use Magnets and Radios to make Images, not radiation. you're thinking of CT scans, which use X-rays. we can't get random MRI scans done because they're very expensive.

[demosito666]

> we can't get random MRI scans done because they're very expensive.

How come then that outside of Western Europe and US it costs $100-200? Or is it because the MRI machines were amortized in EU/US first?

[krastanov]

The R stands for Resonance, not for Radio.

[perihelions]

Since it's a resonance of radio-frequency waves, the parent's not really in error.

[assmanreturns]

And why is that? How does resonance alter the fact that the radiation is non ionizing and therefore not cancer causing.

[KingMob]

The comment you're replying to isn't debating that point, I think. They're saying "you got the precise acronym wrong, but what you did write is still technically correct".