The Insane Engineering of MRI Machines

Win free electronics gear and learn from the experts at Keysight here: https://www.keysight.com/us/en/events/keysight-world/live-from-the-lab-realengineering.html Watch this video ad free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/realengineering-the-insane-engineering-of-mri-machines Watch the next episode of Real Engineering 2 weeks early: https://nebula.tv/videos/realengineering-the-secret-invention-that-changed-ww2 Links to everything I do: https://beacons.ai/brianmcmanus Get your Real Engineering shirts at: https://standard.tv/collections/real-engineering References: 1] “Magnetic Resonance explained.” . https://www.drcmr.dk/MR [2] “rf_transmit-rec_design_.pdf.” . https://www.mriquestions.com/uploads/3/4/5/7/34572113/rf_transmit-rec_design_.pdf [3] “How Strong Does Your MRI Magnet Really Need to Be? - DMS Health,” May 16, 2019. . https://www.dmshealth.com/05/how-strong-does-mri-magnet-need-to-be/ [4] “MRI at 7 tesla and above: Demonstrated and potential capabilities,” J. Magn. Reson. Imaging. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jmri.24573 [5] “The Energy Consumption of Radiology: Energy- and Cost-saving Opportunities for CT and MRI Operation,” Radiology. https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10.1148/radiol.2020192084 [6] “Conductors for commercial MRI magnets beyond NbTi: requirements and challenges,” Supercond. Sci. Technol. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5472374/ [7] “Conectus - Market,” Aug. 11, 2014. . https://web.archive.org/web/20140811140649/http://www.conectus.org/xxmarket.html [8] “Liquid helium,” Questions and Answers ​in MRI. . http://mriquestions.com/liquid-helium-use.html [9] “MRI Helium Refills and Boil-off Rates: The Top Six Magnets.” . https://info.blockimaging.com/mri-helium-refills-and-boil-off-rates-the-top-six-magnets [10] “Physics of MRI: A primer,” J. Magn. Reson. Imaging. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jmri.23642 [11] “MRI Basics.” . https://case.edu/med/neurology/NR/MRI%20Basics.htm [12] “MRI interpretation.” . https://www.radiologymasterclass.co.uk/tutorials/mri/t1_and_t2_images [13] “MRI for all: Cheap portable scanners aim to revolutionize medical imaging | Science | AAAS.” . https://www.science.org/content/article/mri-all-cheap-portable-scanners-aim-revolutionize-medical-imaging?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DailyLatestNews&utm_content=alert&et_rid=149361568&et_cid=4612861 Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images Thank you to AP Archive for access to their archival footage. Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator Thank you to my patreon supporters: Abdullah Alotaibi, Adam Flohr, Henning Basma, Hank Green, William Leu, Tristan Edwards, Ian Dundore, John & Becki Johnston. Nevin Spoljaric, Jason Clark, Thomas Barth, Johnny MacDonald, Stephen Foland, Alfred Holzheu, Abdulrahman Abdulaziz Binghaith, Brent Higgins, Dexter Appleberry, Alex Pavek, Marko Hirsch, Mikkel Johansen, Hibiyi Mori. Viktor Józsa, Ron Hochsprung