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Broccoli in a MRI looks like fireworks. (img.gawkerassets.com)

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[–]radler470 124 points125 points ago

It costs me 2 grand for an MRI, but I bet this broccoli got that shit for free.

[–]deus216 24 points25 points ago

Don't understand America. So weird.

[–]Quatroking 16 points17 points ago

American I guess? I've had two MRI's so far but both were free for me because I'm in the Netherlands :{

[–]MrMstislav 17 points18 points ago

Is that your Dutch golden age painter moustache?

[–]fake_madrid 1 point2 points ago

Just to avoid any misconceptions and/or mass migration: We do all pay the obligatory €1110 per year minimum to enable this.

[–]shivaxlii 2 points3 points ago

$1700 for my last MRI, it was 4 minutes long. Luckily I have health insurance, so it "only" cost me a $700 co-pay. I'm sadly not kidding.

[–]singorpino 1 point2 points ago

I study in a hospital in the Netherlands and of course the insurance covers it, but even if you didn't have an insurance it wouldn't cost you 2 grand in the Netherlands.

[–]SasparillaTango 5 points6 points ago

My first thought was "How much does it actually cost to produce an MRI series of images? Where does the funding for something like this come from?

[–]Unwoollymammoth 1 point2 points ago

The machine itself is fairly expensive, and then there's maintenance and electricity to power it, and then the people that were trained in its use... Lots of expenses, and everyone needs to get paid somehow.

[–]Craggles_ 3 points4 points ago

~£200 a day for filling the coolant, the rest is pretty cheap. You need to refill the liquid nitrogen every week and refill the liquid helium every month. The high strength magnet doesn't cost much electrically because the initial (albeit massive) current you put it sustains the field so long as it's still super conducting.

[–]SpaceTacos 3 points4 points ago

That's what the government is for.

[–]kj01a 1 point2 points ago

You're a bad person.

[–]BlueKiwi 0 points1 point ago

It costs less to scan one vegetable for the art of it than to produce images of body parts that will be useful for diagnostic purposes.

[–]spungypirate[S] 34 points35 points ago

Here is the rest of the produce MRIs.

[–]Amagineer 27 points28 points ago

Here's the actual source, four blogs deep http://insideinsides.blogspot.ca/

[–]porqueknuckle 0 points1 point ago

You can also see his stuff, and none-fruit MRIs at www.pencapchew.org

[–]Kind_Of_A_Dick 1 point2 points ago

I don't want to eat corn anymore.

[–]TheClayroo 0 points1 point ago

It looks like Russian corn, where it eats you.

[–]nodnodwinkwink 2 points3 points ago

This one reminds me of a certain Alien that would also like to eat you.

[–]i_am_at_the_office 0 points1 point ago

I want more!

[–]Schobbo 0 points1 point ago

Pumpkin looks like an explosion too

[–]mcvert 30 points31 points ago

http://img.reversegif.com/26235.gif

i think the beginning looks cooler this way

[–]Enzor 4 points5 points ago

Yeah, it looks more like a firework this way to me.

[–]WrightJustice 1 point2 points ago

This also looks more completely looped whereas the other way you very easily see a jump.

[–]Busterdouglas 0 points1 point ago

I was hoping someone posted this.

[–]faggotmoose -2 points-1 points ago

Touché

[–]ZodiarK 19 points20 points ago

"Yeah. Broccoli. Let's MRI that."

[–]Kensin 4 points5 points ago

It was a better idea than eating it. Yuck!

[–]ZodiarK 1 point2 points ago

Heh, good point.

[–]xrelaht 2 points3 points ago

Boo!

[–]Dancing_monkey 8 points9 points ago

There's no other way to say this...he's... a vegetable. I'm sorry, there's nothing we can do.

[–]worsewithcomputer 4 points5 points ago

Damn, that is some trippy shit.

[–]b0sw0rth 3 points4 points ago

Is it possible to create a 3D model of this broccoli based only on this gif?

[–]Enzor 6 points7 points ago

With the right tools I don't see why not. It would be easiest to interpolate those images as voxel data however. Just consider any brightness above 50% to be a box and anything less to be empty space and then create a model n-high based on the amount of frames.

[–]tombsar 7 points8 points ago

Yes, I'll give it a go later today.

Edit: http://i.imgur.com/RUvuC.png

[–]tombsar 3 points4 points ago

I tried running it through a piece of software I have access to (unfortunately not publically available). There is very poor resolution in the depth axis, but I think the result is quite acceptable: http://i.imgur.com/RUvuC.png

[–]Pryach 2 points3 points ago

Radiology images (x-ray, CT, MRI, etc) usually come in a format called DICOM, basically a JPG image where each image also has demographics embedded into it (patient name, MRN, location, information on the radiation used in the scan, etc.). There are lots of free DICOM viewers out there.

The only free one that I know of that can also create 3D images out of DICOM images is an Apple-only DICOM viewer called Osirix. There are a lot of Windows based DICOM viewers out there that can also do this, but usually cost money.

[–]Amagineer 1 point2 points ago

Well, there's these http://insideinsides.blogspot.ca/p/3d-interactive-fruits-and-veggies.html

[–]Kroz_McD 0 points1 point ago

You wouldn't print your vegetables!

[–]Matty_h05 3 points4 points ago

As an MRI tech I think this is pretty cool! I've never scanned my lunch before.. Lets see what happens

[–]Pryach 6 points7 points ago

Scan your cell phone, looks really neat.

[–]sulaymanf 3 points4 points ago

Don't do it, it's a trap!

[–]Quatroking 1 point2 points ago

MRI's and metal don't really combine.

[–]Matty_h05 1 point2 points ago

You're right! The 1.5 Tesla magnet would make quick work out of my phone. It would pull it right out of my hand.

[–]FeelingCute 0 points1 point ago

Came here to find the person that corrected OP on his article usage. I don't know why, even as I sit here drunk, but "a MRI machine" just bothers me profusely. None the less, you held it down, good for you.

[–]sergev 2 points3 points ago

worst tasting fireworks ever.

[–]LordPhantom 1 point2 points ago

Must be drenched in melty cheese

[–]digitalnexus 1 point2 points ago

Or a bit of salt and pepper. Either works for me.

Preferably cheese of course, but S&P is okay too.

[–]deathmonkey81 2 points3 points ago

If I were a 2 dimensional being is this how a 3 dimensional object would look to me?

[–]tombsar 0 points1 point ago

Only if you were a 2-dimensional time-traveller!

[–]Turbojett 2 points3 points ago

if you play it backwards it looks like an explosion.

[–]bboregon 1 point2 points ago

wanted to submit this with the title: Broccoligasm

[–]TestAcctPlsIgnore 1 point2 points ago

There's always /r/foodporn/

[–]CatsAreAmazing 0 points1 point ago

This picture made me laugh really hard for some reason..

[–]CoolMcDouche 0 points1 point ago

That is not what a firework looks like. They do not implode...

[–]naturehatesyou 1 point2 points ago

This must be cross posted to /r/woahdude

[–]commodore-69 0 points1 point ago

I WANT TO MRI EVERYTHING

[–]Handeatingcat 0 points1 point ago

MRI of broccoli? For SCIENCE!

[–]Synthose 2 points3 points ago

TIL, Fireworks are 5 dimensional vegetables.

[–]Flook18 0 points1 point ago

Best gif ever?

[–]DatSloppyTuna -2 points-1 points ago

...true

[–]therestruth 1 point2 points ago

What?

[–]howsick 0 points1 point ago

This isn't a surprise considering how MRI imaging works...

[–]synnndstalker 1 point2 points ago

Thanks for the reminder that I should be studying for my radiology test. Fuck you, Reddit.

[–]visitatore 0 points1 point ago

Maxis is amused _^

[–]imadogg 0 points1 point ago

I can hear the crackling of the broccoli fireworks every time this gif loops

[–]kbinferno 0 points1 point ago

Also needs posting in /r/woahdude and /r/mildlyinteresting

[–]epiphone805 0 points1 point ago

"Mr. Broccoli, I have bad news...it's about your MRI..."

[–]CareForceOne 0 points1 point ago

Did the broccoli have cancer ? I need to know.

[–]Pinoth 0 points1 point ago

This gif made me understand how an MRI works.

[–]idrwierd 0 points1 point ago

My brother spent thousands of dollars on an MRI. It's nice to know that broccoli can get one for free.

[–]spungypirate[S] 1 point2 points ago

Vegetables tend to have good insurance.

[–]Arcaas 0 points1 point ago

My tax dollars better not have paid for that.

[–]Lokarn 0 points1 point ago

Can anyone explain me how an MRI can work with a dead broccoli? I thought it only worked with living things?

[–]tombsar 1 point2 points ago

MRI measures how atoms react to an applied magnetic field - some materials show up better than others, but it doesn't matter if they come from living tissue or not. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_resonance_imaging)

You may be thinking of PET (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positron_emission_tomography), which requires the subject to ingest and metabolise a special substance.

[–]JavaG 0 points1 point ago

Broccoliworks !

[–]Salyangoz 1 point2 points ago

[It still looks good reversed] http://reversegif.com/37sz

[–]Peregrine7 1 point2 points ago

Woah, this triggered some synaesthesia related effects I haven't felt for years, I felt the crackliness of that as a texture on my skin, especially around the backs of my hands and on my tongue. Wow.

[–]dietbroccoli 0 points1 point ago

How about diet broccoli?

[–]seeLyle 0 points1 point ago

More things in an MRI!

[–]treydestepheno 0 points1 point ago

reminds me more of the Omega 13.

[–]Xestas 1 point2 points ago

Why are people putting all these things through MRI's? Haven't they got some real work to do?

[–]spungypirate[S] 6 points7 points ago

If you had access to advanced and hi-tech machinery, you wouldn't play with it?

[–]StopReadingMyUser 6 points7 points ago

Until it goes wrong...

[–]spungypirate[S] 2 points3 points ago

Best damn animation on youtube, but true. Though I wonder what can wrong with a MRI?

[–]StopReadingMyUser 1 point2 points ago

Real fireworks?

[–]spungypirate[S] 0 points1 point ago

Oooh, yeaaa. that would probably be very bad.

[–]moon9311 1 point2 points ago

what is the name of that video again? It was really moving

[–]spacetimemeatmachine 1 point2 points ago

I've never seen it, but I would really like to.

[–]dashmunn 1 point2 points ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnA4u9CaK7A

Crater Face.

[–]leffhandman 2 points3 points ago

Any kind of metallic object anywhere near the machine when it is running can get sucked into it. Professor of mine has a great story of some idiot who brought a lead weight into the room and tried to hold onto it while the machine was turned on. Long story short, idiot got fired and the weight was suspended in the middle of the machine and a tow truck had to pull it out with a nylon cable.

It also takes a good amount of power to maintain a 3-Tesla magnetic field and a lot of the electronics operate at high voltages and currents. This means that if something goes seriously wrong then there is enough power to ionize not only the air between connections but most types of insulation. Also, you don't really want to take risks with a machine that costs over $1M.

[–]xrelaht 2 points3 points ago

Lead isn't ferromagnetic. It's actually diamagnetic, so it would be repulsed by the field, not attracted. It had to have been iron, cobalt, nickel or something exotic (like NbFB) to react like that. Also, modern MRI's use superconducting magnets, which means it costs nothing to keep the field on (actually costs something to turn it off). There's some power involved in keeping them cold, but since they use liquid helium to cool them, that's all done off site.

[–]Quatroking 1 point2 points ago

That reminds me of that House MD episode where House shoots a dead body and then shoves it into an MRI to see what happens to the bullet. Needless to say, the MRI died.

[–]Deculsion 0 points1 point ago

What negative effects does ionizing the air and the insulations have?

[–]xrelaht 0 points1 point ago

Static discharges can fry mosfet electronics (ie nearly every piece of modern electronics you're likely to have ever used) pretty easily. Chips are designed with that in mind, but they're meant to prevent a technician from frying them because it happens to be dry that day, not to prevent electronic discharge from a 1 MV potential down to the closest thing to ground!

[–]sulaymanf 1 point2 points ago

Metal objects left in the room can often become flying objects and get trapped in the machine until they power off the magnet completely.

[–]fluffwalrus -1 points0 points ago

Who the fuck MRI's broccoli?

[–]KapitanRedbeard 0 points1 point ago

Who decided that they needed to do an MRI on broccoli?

[–]zeroes0 -2 points-1 points ago

Checkmate Atheists!

[–]KapitanRedbeard 0 points1 point ago

not sure I get it

[–]TheMaroonNinja 0 points1 point ago

Someone died of a brain tumour because "broccoli fireworks"

[–]SupSatire -3 points-2 points ago

Checkmate, atheists.

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