Humans affect Earth's climate through many mechanisms by changing the abundance of greenhouse gases and air pollutants, and by altering the reflectivity of Earth's surface through changes in land use.
Siemens estimate the cost of operating MRI machine with a 1.5T to be around $ 300,000 a year (Keefer, 2011). This includes cost of acquiring and a technologist to operate the machine, cost of power and maintenance cost. The salary for an MRI radiologist ranges between $ 50,000 and 60,000 a year (Keefer, 2011).
1.7k Views â¢ Quora User has 30+ answers in. An fMRI machine is just an MRI machine. The 'f' part relates to the technique you use to image, but the machine is the same. Some of the answers here are in the right ballpark, I think, though I think less than $1 million is rare for scanners these days ....1k Views â¢ Paul has in. An MRI machine for medical use costs between $300,000 and $1 million new, depending on size. The MRI machines use in neuroscience research to generate fMRI images are higher resolution (via larger magnetic field strength) and cost $500,000 to $3 million depending on the resolution.