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 Usually, you can expect to pay anywhere from $500,000 to an upwards of $1,000,000 for an MRI machine. 2  In certain cases, the MRI machine can cost $10,000,000. 3  BlockImaging.com notes a handful of machines that range anywhere from $150,000 to as much as $1.2 million.