NSFW: sex in an MRI

[Dr Mordrid]

What it says - some scientists put a couple in an MRI and made some sagittal section porn.

Video link.....

New Scientist article....

[cjolley]

LOL. Good ol' scientific research, gotta love it.

[Brian Ellis]

Guess the research subjects must not have been obese!

[Dr Mordrid]

My bet is they used an Open MRI - no closed tunnel.

These are becoming more and more common here in the US.

Below is typical, but there are "upright MRI" models that allow
scanning in the seated or standing position (ex: Tru-Scan MRI - bottom).

A big advantage to upright MRI is that a patient complaining
of pain can be put in the position they actually feel pain in with
load bearing of the joints, increasing the probability of finding
'the problem'. It also helps when gravity is involved in how
symptoms are expressed; back pain etc.

[VJ]

For an MRI, one must remain motionless, so it may have been quite a task...

I remember a work of art, which actually was a mosaic of RX photos of a couple having sex. However, the photos were mounted to resemble stained glass, and to increase this effect, it was positioned in the window of an old chapel (that window was the *only* window there). It really gave an eery effect!

[Dr Mordrid]

For an MRI, one must remain motionless....

Full motion MRI has been around for some time. They've been used for orthopedic, pelvic floor, TMJ and throat/voice studies, among others.

[VJ]

I always keep forgetting about those...