See Inside Your Body

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MRI scans are painless. However, it is important to be as comfortable as possible during a scan, because you must keep the part of your body being scanned very still to avoid blurring the images. diagnosing conditions – including damage to bones, injuries to internal organs, problems with blood flow, strokes and cancer providing a guide for further tests or treatments – for example, CT scans can help to determine the location, size and shape of a tumour before having radiotherapy, or allow a doctor to take a needle biopsy (where a small tissue sample is removed using a needle) or drain an abscess Ultrasound don’t use radiation to take images. They use sound waves to make images from the echoes.

In recent years, researchers have explored designs for stretchable ultrasound probes that would provide portable, low-profile imaging of internal organs. These designs gave a flexible array of tiny ultrasound transducers, the idea being that such a device would stretch and conform with a patient’s body. The elastomer prevents dehydration of hydrogel,” says Chen, an MIT postdoc. “Only when hydrogel is highly hydrated can acoustic waves penetrate effectively and give high-resolution imaging of internal organs.” It’s a very safe and painless way to get a look inside, which is why it’s used to see babies inside their mummy’s tummies. In general, body scanners are designed to detect non-metallic items on people's bodies that metal detectors may miss, USA TODAY reported. The scanners can't see inside of your body, and you don't appear naked in the scan. If you do set off the scanner, and you don't have anything on your body, you're most likely going to be just fine. "The full-body scanners used in all airports since May 2013 are called 'millimeter wave' machines, which bounce electromagnetic waves off the traveler to provide an animated image where a suspicious item might be located," USA TODAY noted. Because of the magnetic field generated, they’re not a suitable imaging technique for patients who have pacemakers or other pieces of ‘metal’ in their bodies – umm, like Body with his keys!

Dr Singh says: "So many of us tend to put off seeing our doctors, or simply deny that there’s anything wrong. Confronting our conditions, face-to-face with these incredible 3D images, means there’s nowhere to hide. And that can prompt patients to ask really difficult questions. Armed with more knowledge about their own bodies, I saw patients ask not just about their treatment and recovery, but also about life death and everything in between. The power of this technology is that it allows doctors and patients to talk about the stuff that really matters." Currently, ultrasound imaging requires bulky and specialized equipment available only in hospitals and doctor’s offices. But a new design by MIT engineers might make the technology as wearable and accessible as buying Band-Aids at the pharmacy. A CT Scan – sometimes referred to as CAT scans (but has nothing to do with cats or kittens) – work in the same way as X-rays but using computers to create detailed images of the inside of the body. They’re carried out in hospital by specially trained operators called radiographers and can be done while you’re staying in hospital or during a short visit.

I would recommend that this book is on display in the class we're doing about their body for their science topic. So the children can freely look at the book at one time. Instead of shining the beam through the body in just one direction, the X-ray beam passes in a circle around the body and creates a picture ‘slice’ through the area. You need to lie very still while each scan is taken to avoid blurring the images. The radiographer will leave the room during the scan but will be able to talk to you through an intercom. Several scans will be carried out and the whole procedure may last from a few minutes to thirty minutes. And sometimes a special dye is put in your body which helps the radiologists see what’s going on. Since the text and illustrations are quite detailed and the numerous flaps, this book is best suited for a classroom or home library.The part of your body that needs to be imaged is then exposed to X-rays for a fraction of a second. The X-rays hit the a negative plate (like an old film camera) or are captured by computers. Dr Singh says: "There have been so many, not least the look on all the patients’ faces when they first came face-to-face with their own bodies in larger-than-life technicolor. But in the first episode we meet Hilda, who had one of the worst cases of fibroids her consultant had ever seen. My mouth literally dropped when we were treated to augmented reality image of what it would look like to have all her 90-plus fibroids lined up in a row. But even more astounding was just how different Hilda seemed when I met her after her operation to remove them. The physical transformation alone was mind-boggling, but what brought tears to my eyes was just how much more alive and whole she seemed, too. She was a different woman!" The book is based around giving children information about their body and how it works so it only gives one view point. As it is not a book based around opinion but rather about facts. An MRI scanner is like a short tunnel that’s open at both ends, through which a motorised bed passes. During a scan you lie on the bed and a small ‘receiving device’ is placed behind, or around, the part of your body being scanned. You are then moved into the scanner tube, either head-first or feet-first, depending on which part of your body is being scanned.