Reply to post: Is an MRI Machine really a good example?

Um, excuse me. Do you have clearance to patch that MRI scanner?

JeffyPoooh
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Is an MRI Machine really a good example?

The infamous Therac-25 machine was directly dangerous, historically due to a bug in the GUI.

But I thought that MRI scans were 'mostly harmless', in the sense that if you had 100 MRI scans in a week, it still wasn't a significant direct health risk issue.

CAT scans, being X-Rays on steroids would be a better current example of a machine that should safeguarded.

Did I miss a memo about the dangers of MRI scans?

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