Body has accidentally swallowed Professor Hallux’s keys to the fridge! Whoops!
Now Body isn’t very well and he’s in lots of pain! The only thing is, they need to know exactly where the keys are in Body’s body,
Body has accidentally swallowed Professor Hallux’s keys to the fridge! Whoops!
Now Body isn’t very well and he’s in lots of pain! The only thing is, they need to know exactly where the keys are in Body’s body, and they need some cool gadgets to help. Professor Hallux, Nurse Nanobot and Body have made their way to the Imaging department at their local hospital.
There are different types of radiology technology to see inside your body when you’re feeling poorly. There’s one type of radiology that uses powerful magnets to see inside our bodies. It’s called MRI!
MRI stands for Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Footballers with muscle injuries have these types of scan all the time.
- They’re also used for spine and brain injuries too because they’re very complex parts of the body and MRIs give the most detail of all.
MRI uses VERY strong magnets and radio frequency pulses to generate signals from the body. Every hydrogen atom in your body acts 