If the plastic surgeon uses silicone gel-filled implants, it is recommended by the FDA to give an MRI screening, looking for silent rupture; this should be done 3 years after the surgery and at least every 2 years after that. Changes in the woman’s body—including pregnancy, weight loss...
A few years ago, I had photographed Matt Schaub, the Houston Texans quarterback at the time for Methodist’s Leading Medicine publication. We did a couple of different versions: one was using a projected background created by a computer and an LCD projector of MRI brain scan imagery and anot...
Referring first to FIG. 1, superconducting magnet 1 according to the first embodiment of the invention is illustrated in cross-section. Magnet 1 is intended to generate high DC magnetic fields, such as on the order of 2.0 Tesla, for use in an MRI apparatus of the cylindrical type, such as...