Fun With Animating MRI’s
“Some kids get their ears pierced… others it’s a unique haircut… Charles likes people to see his brain.”
– Supervillain Brain Child’s Mother, from The Tick Cartoon
My friend Carolyn and her husband Clint made this really cool animated video from her CT Scan, which I highly recommend. A few months back, I had a series of MRI’s done, but was disappointed to find the quality wasn’t good enough to make my own animated video from the images.
What I have been able to do is turn a few of the image series into animated gifs. The result are what you see below. Click on any image to see a larger version.
 Ryan’s MRI Top View of the Head Click Image for 2.1 MB Size Gif |
 Ryan’s MRI Front View of the Head Click Image for 2.2 MB Size Gif |
 Ryan’s MRI Side View of the Head Click Image for 1.5 MB Size Gif |
 Ryan’s MRI Top View of Neck and Chest Click Image for 2.2 MB Size Gif |
Sweet!
Are there fuller-size versions? AVI files? NEED BRAINS
You know…. Braineaters by The Misfits would have made a good backdrop to Carolyn’s brain video too. But Voltaire kicks ass.
Comment by ClintJCL — April 18, 2008 @ 5:06 pm
Cool Tick quote! I also see that you already mentioned the size wasn’t as good as you liked. Did you get a CD with exploratory software (and DRM) on it?
Comment by ClintJCL — April 18, 2008 @ 5:30 pm
Was this done just for fun or was there a medical procedure being done?
-BMF
Comment by BMF — April 18, 2008 @ 7:32 pm
I am almost positive this isn’t Ryan’s brain. It is just his way of trying to prove that he is human, but we all know he is a robot. What, with that auto pilot thing and all. :o
Comment by Nick Hamden — April 18, 2008 @ 7:56 pm
I’ve had chronic headaches for several years now, most likely a weight-lifting injury. MRI’s revealed nothing, and I’m on muscle-relaxers and extra-strength Tylenol for those days when the pain is too much (about once every other week).
Sorry, the linked images are as large as I could make them. My hospital did not offer a CD version, so I had to scan these images… painstakingly. : )
Comment by ideonexus — April 22, 2008 @ 11:25 pm
That sucks.
Do you consume aspartame?
Comment by ClintJCL — April 23, 2008 @ 9:01 pm
And, BTW, that sounds like stop-motion animation – the painful scanning.
Comment by ClintJCL — April 23, 2008 @ 9:01 pm
I avoid artificial sweeteners when possible.
Ah, stop motion scanning… Yeah, it was noisy and claustrophic for half an hour. : )
Comment by ideonexus — April 23, 2008 @ 11:14 pm