MRI in Smartphone? How?

[Nicholas Kang]

I came across several articles discussing issues about MRI in smartphone. How is it possible that giant MRI can be fitted and installed in tiny smartphone?

[Phi for All]

The ones I've heard about are portable scanners that hook up to your smartphone. It probably uses an app for the phone but the real work is done by the scanner.

[Nicholas Kang]

You mean MRI is portable with smartphone? How small would it be?

[Phi for All]

It's a hand-held scanner, iirc. It lets you take multiple small samples of tissue for analysis rather than a single core biopsy sample (which can cause complications). The small samples are more akin to being poked with a syringe, aren't nearly as invasive, and can put together a pretty cost-effective diagnostic process. The scanner has a chip on board and uses the smartphone only as an interface for reading the results.

[Nicholas Kang]

Can you provide me some related articles and pictures or websites?

[Mordred]

http://edwardwillett.com/2012/06/a-handheld-mri/

http://www.gizmag.com/handheld-dmr-diagnoses-cancer/23067/

[imatfaal]

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/will-your-smartphone-become-a-tricorder/

 

http://www.qualcommtricorderxprize.org/competition-details/overview

 

Damn - If they eventually pull that off I may have to re-enroll at medschool and finish it this time; I want one of those (as long as it makes the right noises as well)

[Mordred]

They have already it off and tested it on 70+ patients found this in the writeup on the links I provided above

 

http://www.massgeneral.org/cancer/assets/pdfs/STM_article_final_HLCC_yr_RW.pdf

[Nicholas Kang]

Thanks Mordred and imatfaal. You have greatly broaden my knowledge.