Tech news from Sacramento and around the world. Bill Jackson, manager of Open System MRI in Roseville, positions a patient for magnetic resonance imaging scans. Most MRI machines are tube-shaped with an opening on only one end. The newest technology for gathering magnetic pictures of tumors, back injuries and more, however, eliminates the tomb-like tube that often fosters a torrent of anxiety in people. We try to reverse that mental state of fear.
Overweight people can get an MRI without embarrassment or bodily harm.
For Melinda Linscott, an Orangevale resident, the three open sides offered another kind of freedom. Before entering the narrow tube, however, Linscott had to be strapped down and was required to wear a face mask. Linscott had another MRI recently at the Roseville center that was a radically different experience. The open sides make a big difference because there's nothing constricting if you panic. Industrywide, three-sided open MRI machines have been around since about 1995.