Friday fun: Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Foods

Science geek website io9 reports on a very unusual use of an MRI:

Over at the blog Inside Insides, Andy Ellison of Boston University Medical School has been throwing the entire produce aisle inside a Philips 3 Tesla MRI, revealing the otherworldly realms that dwell inside common foods. Here’s but a small sampling of his many see-through delicacies, immortalized as GIFs ÔÇö my favorite is the broccoli explosion.

Head on over to Mr. Ellison’s blog for more interesting imaging, including a 3D rendering of broccoli and some?á?áincredibly cool 3D interactive versions of the scans by The Visual MD.