I Asked The Doctor, To Take Your Picture, So I Could Look At You...
March 19, 2023 5:07 PM Subscribe
This CT Scan site is one of the strangest sites I've seen in some time. I have no idea how these people got all this stuff wedged into their scanners, or why.
The doctor gave me 4x6 prints of my first upper endoscopy, so I put them in the family album. If you don't know what you're looking at, it kind of looks like a scary dark ride at a theme park.
posted by The Underpants Monster at 6:08 PM on March 19, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by The Underpants Monster at 6:08 PM on March 19, 2023 [2 favorites]
Does anyone read the comments down here?
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 6:14 PM on March 19, 2023 [4 favorites]
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 6:14 PM on March 19, 2023 [4 favorites]
> Does anyone read the comments down here?
I do! I do!
posted by lhauser at 7:05 PM on March 19, 2023 [3 favorites]
I do! I do!
posted by lhauser at 7:05 PM on March 19, 2023 [3 favorites]
it kind of looks like a scary dark ride at a theme park.
I went to see Gunther von Hagen's exhibition of plasticised human cadavers a few years ago, which included a horizontal cross section of one chap's innards. That looked like a full english breakfast.
posted by Paul Slade at 12:55 AM on March 20, 2023 [3 favorites]
I went to see Gunther von Hagen's exhibition of plasticised human cadavers a few years ago, which included a horizontal cross section of one chap's innards. That looked like a full english breakfast.
posted by Paul Slade at 12:55 AM on March 20, 2023 [3 favorites]
This is absolutely fantastic! I was amazed by the precision engineering that goes into a Lego Minifig!
I'm curious about the electronic stuff with metal components though: I thought you couldn't put metal through a CT scan?
posted by TheophileEscargot at 2:10 AM on March 20, 2023 [1 favorite]
I'm curious about the electronic stuff with metal components though: I thought you couldn't put metal through a CT scan?
posted by TheophileEscargot at 2:10 AM on March 20, 2023 [1 favorite]
CT uses X-Rays, which is fine. You can't use metal in a MRI unit, which uses very strong magnetic fields to detect the hydrogen atoms in water and other tissues.
posted by JoeZydeco at 4:45 AM on March 20, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by JoeZydeco at 4:45 AM on March 20, 2023 [2 favorites]
zippety bop
posted by cortex at 6:16 AM on March 20, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by cortex at 6:16 AM on March 20, 2023 [3 favorites]
The minifig one is an excellent intro to Lego's manufacturing experience. The tiny stress-relief details (like hollow wrists) are mostly non-intuitive: only millions of play test hours would uncover these requirements
posted by scruss at 8:03 AM on March 20, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by scruss at 8:03 AM on March 20, 2023 [2 favorites]
brb showing this to Wilhelm Röntgen
posted by neuron at 9:15 AM on March 20, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by neuron at 9:15 AM on March 20, 2023 [1 favorite]
Needs more cats.
posted by scratch at 3:36 PM on March 20, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by scratch at 3:36 PM on March 20, 2023 [1 favorite]
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