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catsandcoke
At institutions for the handicapped they used to drain the csf and X-ray the brain to study it. People died young being experimented on
SendMeOxygen
stmaarten1778
I have a perfect meme for this but I forgot to favorite it
MonarchOfTheSea
annabond
Oh! This is not a meme it is actual science.
Noevilgifs
Pet scans are a pain, gotta not eat or drink anything but water for 8 hours before, then you get radioactive sugar put into you
thatbeatlesguy
@fytch
emocin
Men’s rights awareness of the brain
ridureyu
Men's Rights Activist of the brain?
greenmote
lol "Magnetic Resonance Angiography".
Pulsifer
I'd post the NRA of the brain, but I'd be banned for gore. :(
PondermaticTheCyberneticSimpleton
Does anyone else have different tones of voices for different memes?
Lurkyforjerky
I swear i thought one was homer simpson
BoomIgotyourwalletBoomIgotyourphilliestickets
It's you
squirreltactics
See that right there? Crayon; dead giveaway.
CascadianTwilight
Why isn't there a fedora in the third one?
YokomichiSilver
for the x-ray why does it look like theres a banana in the brain?
lacole725
They scanned my CAT!
Arylius
im getting a brain/spine mri tmr...
isthatwhatthemustacheisfor
GeraSol13
Who down votes this?
KernelPanicAtTheDisco
Busterchestnut
Glorious
bobtheaxolotl
PET scan is best because it fires antimatter into you.
StealthyNinja7
chanette125
Why is there a banana in his head?
greenmote
The better question: why don't we ALL have bananas in our heads?
chanette125
The even better question: what if we all have bananas in our heads
loxnkeez
If he didn't have cancer before all the scans....he does now.
FiftyShadesOfBroccoli
A dental or skull x-ray is the equivalent radiation exposure of eating 15 bananas.
Alexoyeah
Only 2 of these scans use radiation though.
Bystandr
Positron Emission Tomography. We see with positrons, which are antimatter. Trip out.
nonamejanie
Hang on that’s what pet scans really look like like for real?
thisusernameismeaningless
False color, but yeah.
ohnoyoudid
StalkerSeal
The guy woth the xray must have something wrong woth him because an xray of the skull should not look like that. (Xray tech)
WouldAPonyByAnyOtherNameBeAsOffencive
You still alive?
SilveringArt
He also has a crazy underbite.
TheMayorOfTittyCity
he's got a banana brain
thatwoodguy
Had a PET scan done in 87 at TRIUMF. They were concerned with what they saw and got me a DR to tell me I have a 3rd kidney
ParryLost
Is... is that what we're seeing in that first x-ray photo? That seems a strange place for a kidney!
thatwoodguy
Nope. Back then, the machine recorded on digital tapes around 2 gigabytes of data and sent it on for processing. They thought it was a
thatwoodguy
an artifact of the process. So they phoned my doctor to get me a follow up physical exam plus xray and found it.
justlivinthedream
Sure,...good luck trying to get my pet to scan my brain. His most impressive trait is licking his balls.
MundaneFinality
I guess a PET scan is just a more generic version of a CAT scan.
ruferto
because after looking at your brain, he needs all the comfort he can get, lad
EatsBees
My pet scan consists of my cat viciously attacking then trying to eat my hair. I want whatever pet that guy has
Morg729
Idk if dogs could but ik CAT scan
annoyedineedausername
That's pretty impressive, I'd rather the ability to lick my balls that scan a pet.
50m31AW
Eh, it's not all it's cracked up to be. Go with the scanning ability; points in perception are important
annoyedineedausername
*than
UglyHorribleGrouchyOldMan
Kaplar
No it was better the first time
Unverified
You can't xray the brain.
greenmote
Maybe that xray image is of a dead body then. Honestly, I'm not entirely sure.
Unverified
It's not of a real image
KierCalhen
I suggest you look into CT-scans.
Unverified
A CT isn't an xray.....I'm a CT Tech.
KierCalhen
Then you're a pretty shitty one if you don't understand how the machine works.
thisusernameismeaningless
Why is everybody downvoting this? He is a bad CT tech if he doesn't know what it does. X-rays are a part of the EM radiation spectrum.
thisusernameismeaningless
They have nothing to do with the type of imaging. Which, by the way, uses them regardless. Film, digital - same result, CT adds math.
Unverified
Then please explain to me how it works
KierCalhen
Google it. Literally the first thing that comes up is "It uses X rays and a computer to create cross section images of the body"
presidentSCROOB
The scanner makes X-rays as it continuously rotates. The detectors track radiodensity and computer reconstructs into 3D pictures.
presidentSCROOB
PET stands for positron emissions tomography, more complicated but still fluffy and spastic. Doesn’t like water either unless it’s O15 wate
bumblebeerumble
Wats a CAT scan for?
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Bystandr
are no longer taken around one axis, alone.
ArdentSlacker
Mine's always looking for the laser pointer.
Crossark
It's more suited for imaging soft tissues and cavities such as sinuses than a traditional x-ray.
BellerophonM
An ordinary cat scan is basically a whole lot of X-rays combined together in a computer.
Ginocide
Since no one has actually answered your question, it's Computerized Axial Tomography. Techniques have advanced beyond one axis so its CT now
Bystandr
Ahh ++ I just made the same comment lol - upvoting you and deleting.
TheMayorOfTittyCity
mice or shit to knock over
StealthyNinja7
A cat office has one to copy physical documents
skiddelytreeps
Correct terminology is CT now. The A stood for axial which is the only slice or plane of the body early CAT could visualize. Now we use
Unverified
Helical scans, and then reformat them into sagittals and coronals
thisusernameismeaningless
Technically reformat them into a point cloud(yes, you can 3D print your brain!), and then take fake(but more useful) slices in 3D space.
skiddelytreeps
Yep! This guy knows
skiddelytreeps
Sagittal and coronal slices too as well as any oblique plane needed. Radiology guy here
Chingchongpotatojack
Specific... but do you realize you didn’t answer the persons question?
twin2knowsbest
Yesss. As a rad i get so annoyed with people calling them CAT scans haha
EatsBees
Don't lie. You know it's when pets go looking for food!!
uffda0
So cool! Thanks for knowledge nugget
UnfriendlyWolf
Okay, but what's it for?
GreetingsSirAndOrMaamIAmUsingThisFieldToIntroduceMyselfAscrsklr
Question seconded
uffda0
Looking at individual slices of the body for pathology /bad things. Ex: inflamed appendix for diagnosing appendicitis. Was that your Q?
wrathofghost
Computed Tomography or CT is a medical imaging modality that allows for the visualizations of anatomical structures, similar to MRI 1
KevorkianScarf
Out of curiosity, is there a standard kvp and mAs for different sections of the body, like there is for X-ray?
KevorkianScarf
Obviously adjustments to be made for body type, but a general rule and such? Or is it all automated?
thisusernameismeaningless
The peak voltage sets the penetration - the contrast you need, the milliamp-seconds is just exposure, like on a regular camera. 1/2