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    The document provides information about the history and workings of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). It discusses how NMR was discovered in the 1930s and how a mathematician translated NMR signals into 3D images. The first diagnostic MRI was developed by Dr. Damadian in 1977-1978. Key facts noted that MRI uses magnetic fields and radio waves to create detailed tissue and organ images in a painless, safe process. The document also describes how an MRI scanner works, including how radio bursts cause proton shifting and tissues emit signals at different times, which are processed into images. It poses questions about the brief and qualifications for designing the first MRI machine and what needs it was meant to address.

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    Handout For Batch Class 1 Module 1 Session 1

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    The document provides information about the history and workings of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). It discusses how NMR was discovered in the 1930s and how a mathematician translated NMR signals into 3D images. The first diagnostic MRI was developed by Dr. Damadian in 1977-1978. Key facts noted that MRI uses magnetic fields and radio waves to create detailed tissue and organ images in a painless, safe process. The document also describes how an MRI scanner works, including how radio bursts cause proton shifting and tissues emit signals at different times, which are processed into images. It poses questions about the brief and qualifications for designing the first MRI machine and what needs it was meant to address.

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    Breakout Group Activity:

    Why are Design Thinking


    Solutions Better?
    Information about Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
    History of The MRI
    • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) was discovered in the 1930s. Radio waves and magnetic
    fields stimulate atoms to provide radio signals.
    • A mathematician figured out how to translate an NMR signals into a 3-dimensional image.
    • The first use of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance for diagnostic imaging (MRI) was by Raymond
    Damadian, MD, a research scientist in 1977/1978. Dr. Damadian was assisted by his colleagues at
    the Downstate (New York) Medical Center, Michael Goldsmith and Larry Minkoff

    Key Facts Regarding MRI


    • “The procedure involves the use of a stiff magnetic field and radio waves that create detailed
    images of our tissues and organs. The scanning is a painless and secure process. It is used to
    examine the bones structure, chests, womb, blood vessel system, joints, liver, kidney and spinal
    cord to determine the causes of any severe ailment.”
    http://mrilincolnimaging.com/where-was-the-mri-scan-invented/
    How does an MRI scanner work?
    • The machine in which the body is scanned is similar to a tunnel that is about 1.5 m in length. It is
    surrounded by a round magnet. The patient has to lie straight on the platform, which slowly goes
    inside the machine. After that, an aerial device rotates in a clockwise direction to examine the body.
    • The scanning is monitored through a TV screen. The patient can communicate to the radiographer
    through an intercom connected to the device. It is used for the detection of radio signals from the
    body.
    • Tiny bursts of radio waves are sent to the human body form the scanning machine. These waves
    cause the protons in our body to shift. When the radio bursts end, the protons are sent back to their
    origin and this particle then begins emitting radio signals.
    • Protons that are located in various tissues emerge at different speeds. That’s why the tissues emit
    different signals at different times. The signals are detected by a device in the scanner and
    transmitted to the computer for image processing.

    http://mrilincolnimaging.com/key-facts-regarding-mri/
    What happens during an MRI?
    Questions for discussion

    • Someone decided to build a machine that used magnetic resonance to


    create diagnostic medical images. According to you, what was the brief that
    was given to the designers?
    • Someone formed a team to design the machine. What were the
    qualifications of the people who were chosen to design the machine?
    • The machine was designed to meet certain needs or solve certain problems.
    According to you, what needs or problems was the machine designed to
    address?
    • How does a medical MRI machine make people’s lives better?
    Breakout group activity

    • Every student must download the handout


    • One student must display the slide to be filled (Our Group’s
    Answers to the Questions)
    • All the students must discuss what to write on that slide
    • Take 16 minutes to write answers to all the questions. Watch the
    time so that you can finish all of them!
    • Prepare to explain your answers when we come back to the main
    meeting room.
    Our Group’s Answers to the Questions
    QUESTION OUR GROUP’S ANSWER
    1. What problems might an MRI Type your answer to question 1 here
    Scanner Cause?

    2. Who experiences these Type your answer to question 2 here


    problems?

    3. Why did the designers choose Type your answer to question 3 here
    to design a machine that
    causes those problems?

    4. How would you reduce or Type your answer to question 4 here


    eliminate those problems?

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