A SOFTWARE fix for improving the quality of aircraft-mounted radar images could also correct blurred MRI scans and save hospitals the cost of repeating them.
MRI scans can take up to 10 minutes and even a slight twitch on the part of the patient can ruin the image. As a result, up to 10 per cent of images must be repeated, costing as much as £750 a scan. Children, the elderly and people in pain are particularly fidgety, says David Atkinson, an MRI researcher at Guy’s Hospital in London. “Some children have to be scanned under anaesthetic to keep them…
