Portable MRI promises to provide immediate diagnosis in virtually any setting
"Clinicians operating in areas outside of major metropolitan areas need rapid diagnostic imaging results especially in cases of stroke, which requires immediate treatment to prevent death or poor outcomes for patients. For instance, the portable device could be used by doctors in poor countries, rural areas, or even in ambulances to differentiate between stroke symptoms caused by a brain bleed or blood clot. "<p>Sounds pretty neat. I wonder why this is only a brain thing, something about size constraints maybe? I have no idea how these things might work. Can they make a mini-mri for the rest of the body?