Philips CT 256 full speed

[@krzysztofczarnecki8238]

The cover exists primarily to reassure patients that they are NOT going head-first into a meat grinder

[@ColtonBlumhagen]

Well yeah, but if they moved like they had a seizure they would fall into the meatgrinder.

[@afankhan7732]

Also it never runs at this speed

[@kodguerrero]

@@ColtonBlumhagen But they don't make it out of transparent acrylic either lol. I would be terrified and amazed

[@RozenHusky]

Yeah I'm going to be a bit nervous if I ever need a scan lol

[@ceventimes]

weird enough the cover just scares me more
fear is the not knowing
spinning sensors is reassuring tho tbh.

[@gregorykemi8898]

So stupid, would be MUCH neater to rotate the patient instead : )))

[@daventi5677]

Gregory Kemi and CT scan will be well known as “ CT scan and ‘vomitator’” lol

[@toccopizza]

Shittiest joke of the year.

[@mathieumelenhorst8308]

czcams.com/video/o-BywEmKW8g/video.html

[@barnabaskiss2]

The Soviets would do it!

[@sarathm2001]

H

[@johnxina650]

- Docking? It's not possible!
- No, it's necessary...

[@canadianradiochemist4465]

haha funni interstellar meme i laffd
edit: try not to get r/whooshed because of this

[@PattyDung]

Я. U. related 2 Mr. Slinꓘy ¿¿¿¿

[@i7460]

*patient starts spinning too-
Doc: uhhhhh

[@kenetickups6146]

@@canadianradiochemist4465
NO FUN ALLOWED

[@Zi7ar21]

*COME ON TARS*

[@jakubsz4602]

They should make a transparent edition just like those old gameboys

[@gripen777]

oh no

[@SonOfMeme]

Oh yes

[@cirelesten]

YEEEEEES

[@Seadogstudio]

Yes please

[@deephorizon1365]

YES PLEASE

[@toranine09]

you’re laughing. hospitals put patients into washing machines and youre laughing.

[@sepg5084]

So what?

[@toranine09]

@@sepg5084 (i think youre missing the references)

[@Nostalgia_Addict]

@@toranine09 He's sharp as a cueball.

[@3pmBreakfast]

And who are you?

[@matteomiglioretti5673]

Ahahahahahahahaha yes and it's safe more than the car you drive, for sure

[@crazy4and1crazy4and1]

Now imagine this...its perfectly balanced when rotating...it looks like its not , but its PERFECTLY BALANCED ! In awe

[@user-ev3bh2rg2o]

Wow

[@castelan3419]

as all things should be

[@darknark7325]

No such thing as perfect. It would be balanced to within a manufacturer specified tolerance

[@nickburrill691]

i know this an impressive machine and that is a lot of mass spinning quickly but it looks easy to balance given all the places you could bolt on weights. just my 2¢, I'm also in awe

[@Kalhauge]

@@darknark7325 There’s no such thing as a perfectly unnecessary comment... Your comment is just unnecessary to within a specified tolerance.

[@pilotavery]

Thank you to all of the absolutely brilliant engineers and scientists who devoted their lives and came together to develop technology like this. Being able to take pictures of your entire body in 3D inside and out in just a few seconds would have been called magic 100 years ago.

[@JayMaverick]

And yet, "Thank God"

[@pilotavery]

@@JayMaverick It's a phrase, I don't believe in God.
But legit, they're replacing heart valves through femoral artery Cath... Like what the hell, how?

[@MyEyesBled]

Agreed, but sadly the wrong scientists got all the credit... in fact they even got the Nobel and snubbed the REAL inventors despite all the ruckus in the media back then... the MRI was really invented by Dr. Damanian (sp) and his team in NYC ... it was stolen by foreigners...

[@pilotavery]

@@MyEyesBled while this is true, the fundamental research is usually what wins the Nobel prize. The research that actually explained the physics behind it and that it was possible. And none of these engineers would have been able to implement any of these teachings and understandings without the fundamental research.
My background is in electrical engineering, but still.

[@MyEyesBled]

@@pilotavery

[@zedovski]

I'm afraid we'll be deviating a bit from standard procedures today, Gordon.

[@RollingShutter]

underrated comment

[@jacksonmutispaugh3327]

I understood that reference!

[@CoreDreamStudios]

@@jacksonmutispaugh3327 Same. 🙂

[@h5skb4ru41]

Gordon doesn't need to hear all this, he's a highly trained professional.. We've assured the administrator that nothing will go wrong

[@missingno2401]

yes but with good reason, this is a rare opportunity for us. this is the purest sample weve seen yet.

[@aayushshah6944]

I was waiting for a portal to appear

[@dooglemcnoodle5552]

Me too

[@foxyfnaf3569]

It's an CT not an MRI

[@shhmule]

It's a CT scanner, not a portal. Grow up.

[@automatedfigment]

@@shhmule Yeah, sure. Let's just break the imagination, boring one. We just liked to think like that, you know. 🤷‍♂️

[@hajimetakahashi632]

@@automatedfigment A life without jokes can be so boring

[@rizen3467]

imagine if it wasnt balanced there would be an earthquake

[@luciofurlan696]

It would fly out and kill someone

[@timgoodliffe]

Controller Rumble is not enough to feel the game

[@thunderkunt5416]

No.

[@normalcat7296]

Imagine testing for your cancer, using broken MRI and became a laundry.

[@VLena_art]

and imagine sticking your head in...

[@Grey_Duck]

No, Timmy, the CT isn't scary at all...until you take the cover off and then you'll never sleep again.

[@Tjmomma2]

Patient: I'm going to CT scan?
Technician: No, you're going to hyperspace 😂

[@WalterFabian]

@Tj Gen You made me laugh my guts off!!!

[@EthanAdey]

😂

[@MadScientist267]

@@WalterFabian They're on the outside?

[@andreasu.3546]

I've been on a trip to "hyperspace" in a hospital, but a CT scanner was not involved in the procedure.

[@StopFear]

As scary as it sounds, this thing helped save many lives, including mine.

[@mrsekijo2458]

I feel that

[@nihilus4872]

@@ThatGuy-kz3fx i like satan

[@nicolasdealahaie354]

What is the utility of this ?

[@vaykoden793]

@@ThatGuy-kz3fx Pardon?

[@eendjeeendje4342]

@@ThatGuy-kz3fx because it spins

[@turningnull2538]

Yeah, for double max speed we also rotate the patient in opposite directions.

[@fruitbouquet5479]

Doctor: “Feeling disoriented? Good.”

[@77Avadon77]

and this is how fusion is made.

[@bokycrncic6035]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@KM-ot6vo]

My dad was telling me this story about how one of his coworkers were walking with a cart in a corridor in the hospital and the guy did not notice that he passed the line that said he was entering the MRI area. Well the MRI was turned on and the cart flew across the room into one of the windows and got stuck onto the machine. For those of you who don’t know, MRIs are always kept on, because they are extremely hard to turn back on if they were off.

[@memesfromdeepspace1075]

There tv series tell story Abou this
911 if i not wrong

[@bokycrncic6035]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@chubbydinosaur9148]

They're insanely powerful! Whenever I'm mopping the mri room I can feel a slight pull on my tongue piercing which seems to not be as non magnetic as you'd expect gold to be. It's probably dirty gold.

[@seth094978]

@@chubbydinosaur9148 Nearly all materials are affected by magnetic fields (consider that the MRI machine is using magnets to form an image of normal flesh and blood). A very small number are some form of ferromagnetic and respond very strongly to magnetic fields; these are the materials that we think of as being magnetic (iron, cobalt, nickel, rare earth magnets, etc). Most are either diamagnetic or paramagnetic, being very weakly repelled from or attracted to magnets. Since these materials respond like 10,000,000x less than iron, we don't notice, until the magnetic field is thousands of times stronger than normal, like with an MRI.

[@h5skb4ru41]

@@chubbydinosaur9148 If I was you I would take it off before one of these days... you end up with your tongue gored off cleanly.

[@maxmccann5323]

When they tell you they’re claustrophobic, show them this video and tell them tight spaces are the last thing they have to worry about.

[@Honorable_Judge_Mental]

Nurse: "Don't worry, it will be completely painless and you'll be perfectly fine!"
The machine:

[@mel816]

With the plastic covers (normally) on, ignorance is bliss😂

[@oiytd5wugho]

well, they aren't lying. It's just loud af

[@spacekraken666]

Well at least it's not some kind of, you know, laser device...

[@intel386DX]

SFRJ je bolja :D

[@paprzyckie]

@@spacekraken666 Don't remind me

[@RobTheTrucker]

Welcome to the Black Mesa Research Facility.

[@HighlordFrancis]

Exactly what I was thinking.

[@StevenOBrien]

Okay Gordon, the sample should be coming up to y... OH DEAR, GORDON GET AWAY FROM THE...

[@ralphrestubog5519]

Power to stage one emitters in 3... 2... 1...
I can see predictable phase arrays
Stage 2 emitters activating... NOW

[@jogumemajoli]

ITS NOT SHUTTING DOWN!

[@jpvanoudheusden]

@@jogumemajoli*headcrab noises*

[@thedefaultguy7884]

For such a ginormous thing rotating and making sounds less than a normal ceiling fan is fascinating it’s so well balanced and smooth lol😂

[@KutWrite]

After hours, it's a time machine!
When I had a CT scan, I got the impression something was spinning, but I felt no vibration. Now I know why.
Thanks!

[@driftliketokyo34ftw35]

To be honest, it looks like it belongs at CERN rather than a hospital without the case.

[@jesussavescars807]

It’s a radiator device basically is something they have at cern

[@observeoutofthebox7806]

@@jesussavescars807 you meant radiation ** right ?

[@bobziho]

Funny thing is that MRI are usually in separate building, and not in the hospital itself.

[@MaxC_1]

​@@observeoutofthebox7806 radiator, referring to the fact it emits electromagnetic radiation

[@XMarkxyz]

Some hospitals have also other machines more similar to what they have at CERN, they're called synchrotron and basically are relatively small particle accelerator which are used to target some hard to reach cancers in order to destroy them with the particles energy

[@bluelivesmatter8502]

Imagine how terrifying a transparent case will be for the patient.

[@Waldo-Manfred]

just as terrifying as an Airplane

[@thephoenixking1086]

I mean I would think it is awesome to be in the middle of that, being able to see it all but knowing you are safe.

[@lsudan2670]

nobody : nothing to see here
me: keep scrolling 😂

[@farlado5459]

that's a quick and easy way to get people motion sick

[@rpyrat]

I would kinda want that though... Am I weird?

[@LawnMowersThingsThatMakeNoise]

"I must say, Gordon, you come at a very opportune time. Alyx has just installed the final piece for our resurrected teleport!"

[@EeekiE]

Scientists, engineers and doctors sure do make an awesome combination.

[@acf2802]

Gordon, we cannot predict how long the system can operate at this level, nor how long the reading will take. Please work as quickly as you can.

[@lastnameisdude]

Overhead capacitors to one-o-five percent

[@danishnadeem5506]

Glad to know I wasn't the only old school soul here to have this thought xD

[@ethanbaker218]

That quote from half life 2?

[@GordonFreeman951]

wake up and smell the 3 in the air...

[@ethanbaker218]

@@GordonFreeman951 ok😂😂

[@firstname1733]

Finally, all my laundry can fit in one load

[@benhaley7557]

Underrated comment

[@lendluke]

Your laundry has cancer.

[@KutWrite]

$3.5M and it's yours, including a lifetime of soap.

[@lognum4155]

Good luck trying to get 100kVA of power from your house

[@Raleiy]

So you're telling me, this is what i've been inside of?

[@omardude39]

And you lived to tell the tale.

[@ranevc]

Yes

[@thegreenguy8837]

Yes because it is. Fascinating ain´t it?

[@MonkeyJedi99]

My first thought when it spun up was "Oh! Junk Jet!"
-
Imagine how crucial it is that the whole assembly be perfectly balanced.

[@chargeriderepeat7024]

Technician leaves spanner in the works.
Machine makes it out of the window.

[@VirtuelleWeltenMitKhan]

technician : Okay, we need 360 sensors to make it work.
business guy: You get one sensor. Just spin the damn thing.

[@MrAdsfsadf]

Dude my thoughts exactly hahahah

[@corystansbury]

Lol... Business guy would never suggest the solution; only the limitation.

[@Chopper153]

How would only 360 sensors cover 360°? Besides it's impossible to make so many x ray sources and detectors.

[@StfuSiriusly]

engineer*

[@VirtuelleWeltenMitKhan]

@@corystansbury lol, you are right :D

[@hermanwooster8944]

Lyrics:
That full speed?
That's insane

[@joaofreitas8724]

thats really meaningful 😔🙏🏻

[@chrstfr6834]

Bars

[@ewthmatth]

Needs autotune

[@frederickpahl872]

Thank you, didn't want to find a lyric video myself! 👍

[@freffo3407]

Insane in the membrane

[@WeeWeeJumbo]

i love these! i love being inside them, and i love the noise. and the tiny space.
it's mesmerizing

[@briankemp2290]

Wow. The trim and balance of the rotating assembly is spot on.

[@AAvfx]

*Looks like the portal is about to open up!* 🤯

[@InTheSh8]

@@ThatGuy-kz3fx Richard Dean Anderson will be on the images!

[@InTheSh8]

@@stevethea5250 LOL, what are you on?!

[@stevethea5250]

@@InTheSh8 I'd like to know too

[@KevinLaybourn]

Jaffa! Kree!

[@johntrevy1]

@@ThatGuy-kz3fx Hail Satan.

[@mermaidenby6402]

Max speed
Jump through the middle
Winner is the person who doesnt get shredded

[@charadremur333]

Yes

[@mikeburkitt5293]

Probably end up in the middle of a pyramid

[@PaleOrchid]

Battle Royal

[@user-ev3bh2rg2o]

Oof

[@juhu34]

Bonus points for each body piercing worn when jumping into the loop!

[@rw2954]

I could only dream of having the intelligence to design and build something like this. Remarkable honestly. To think not too long ago we were putting Radium in water and X-Ray machines in shoe shops and circuses as a gimmick.

[@UPYNDAR]

Крутая мясорубка 👍

[@ikichullo]

I called it "the spinning donut of doom" yesterday and my doctor started laughing

[@lemau8458]

ok

[@patrickmclaughlin61]

Yeah. Thankfully there are cover panels. Imagine seeing that rotating as a patient next in line?

[@danielcardwell5457]

"Philips CT 256 looks too intense for me!"

[@Joost.]

nice haha

[@samueljett7807]

Haha perfect!

[@PureCoKayne]

A genuinely underrated comment

[@jamief.g]

LOL

[@farmerjon.]

"I want to go on something more thrilling than Philips CT 256."

[@Brad772006]

That is an amazing piece of equipment.

[@lordofentropy]

This is awesome to see. I knew that there was a rotating component, I didn't realize it was rotating this fast! Brilliant engineering.

[@picazzo5150]

I worked on the iCT and the engineering is truly magnificent. This is an air bearing and needs to be perfectly balanced.

[@NoiseArtDJ]

but, how does the rotating parts get powerd?

[@Fix_It_Again_Tony]

I was wondering about the balance. The speed isn't that high but I imagine there is a lot of weight there and the radius looks like about a meter.

[@AkomishTiddies]

@@NoiseArtDJ AC induction motor via an inverter from how it sounds. Some part of the spinny ring acts as a squirrel cage and there are stationary coils spinning it

[@dplbwhite7739]

It uses carbon brush slip rings for power. The rotor weighs almost 3000 lbs and is balanced to within 0.5 foot-pounds (same idea as tire balancing). And the rotation is driven by linear induction motors while the rotor spins on an air glide bearing. Pretty cool stuff.

[@asArsenic]

@@Fix_It_Again_Tony It carries about as much energy as a small car going at highway speeds.

[@madpistol]

"Gordon doesn't need to hear all this. He's a highly trained professional. We've assured the administrator that nothing will go wrong."

[@kleiner851]

"Ah yes, you're right. Gordon, we have complete confidence in you."

[@williambarry8015]

The balancing and the bearings are amazing.

[@nigozeroichi2501]

Holy crap I've had quite a few CT scans, never thought it was going that fast!

[@tmwproductions3685]

Imagine the clothes you could wash with that thing

[@fischergriess6321]

Stepmom stuck in a CT machine

[@AC3electrosphere]

I actually thought it was a washing machine at first

[@Wasmachineman]

Philips-Whirlpool CT 256, now with PerMag motor like in ye olde days!

[@Optimiser113]

HAHA hilarious NOT

[@jonathanlynch8819]

the Firefighters uniforms from Chernobyl

[@HalFlameV]

Imagine if CT scans were uncovered, and they told you to sit still

[@TheRealGKV]

I think you’d stay PERFECTLY still.

[@djalienprime]

@@TheRealGKV and rapidly shit bricks

[@Dutch3DMaster]

My brother once saw a Linear Accelerator for cancer treatment uncovered and he came home like "Well yea you surely want to have that thing covered, because that thing looks terrifying with all the isolators to stop the super-high voltage from being able to creep out of the machine! And it's even better the biggest part of the machine is invisible to the patient, because that part is even worse..."
(He was given a tour of the treatment room because he applied for a job as an assistent technician of one of those things).

[@jon9103]

Cause if you touch the sides it will turn into a food processor, literally.

[@McHeisenburger]

I feel like it’s about to open a portal to a mythical realm.

[@berndheiden7630]

It actually did! For doctors. They can see things they could never see even on a set of x-rays in 3 planes. Then shove the data through a computer and make that in a 3D model and watch it with the VR goggles.

[@peterhofer8998]

Thank you for sharing this. I never realized it's rotating inside.

[@trininite]

"Cooper what are you doing ?"
"Docking"

[@HighAway]

you really messed up the page.

[@trininite]

@@HighAway ?

[@theladd4370]

@@trininite your username

[@trininite]

@@theladd4370 oh yeah

[@viniciushideki1699]

Top 1 most intense scenes of movie history

[@robanzzz5124]

CZcams: Hey, you wanna see why a CT scan makes so much noise?
Me: You're goddamn right I do.

[@veleronHL]

that's not the cause, though

[@Dutch3DMaster]

CT scanners are pretty quiet compared to MRI's....

[@the_pearl_of_Africa]

@@Dutch3DMaster CT is silent, its the MRI that makes noise.

[@klakkinkittykat]

Meow.

[@jeppepedersen7006]

Ew

[@pilsnerd420]

I did my physics exam on these and I still can't believe they work.

[@Nightweaver1]

That's one hell of a washing machine you guys got there.

[@genosans1994]

I watched ONE VIDEO about MRIs and here we are. Recommendations sending me more MRI stuff.

[@farfarDK]

Same bro xD

[@70lawenda70]

But this is not a MRI bro. This is CT. MRI does not rotate.

[@Testango]

No

[@ManoilPopov]

Fix ur feed by searching sandra afrika.

[@DanHiteshew-oneandonly]

Lol This was my first, so I expect I'll get many more soon.

[@nettraveller81]

I'm afraid your laundry machine is broken :/

[@andrewut7ya511]

Thats a beautiful giant lathe, im just thinking of all the giant bowls i could turn from colored pencils with that thang

[@loganweber7488]

Those are so well balanced, that's amazing

[@nagasako7]

The fact that humans made that is insane. Imagine dropping that off in 18th Century British university.

[@TortlOdum]

now i understand why these are usually covered up by nice white smooth plastic covers XD

[@mando074]

Yes, plastic covers...
Plastic covers... Plastic.

[@TortlOdum]

@@mando074 is it not plastic? I'm not a radiologist so I don't know the equipment but from the few CT scans I have had it looked and felt like plastic or some kind of polimer

[@mando074]

@@TortlOdum yes, you are right, they are made of plastic. I was just trying to emphasize that only a plastic layer is the only thing protecting a person from all that equipment.

[@Ihyabond009]

"I have not thought I will see a cascade in my life let alone create one"

[@strayadude9053]

You watch one CT scan video and suddenly your feed is a never ending stream of them

[@timtim8468]

Should have transparent covers, so patients know what is going on, and stay calm.

[@mando074]

Yes, especially if the tech needs to see a fast-rate heart beat.

[@DimosGNS]

How calm can you feel when you realise what will happen if the bearing fails?

[@richardmillhousenixon]

@@DimosGNS If the bearing fails it will grind to a stop.

[@nicksurfs1]

I learned recently that I am in the minority in finding them relaxing.

[@canadianradiochemist4465]

as am I

[@sheppybread]

Me too

[@mattcurtin7496]

I forget if it was a CT or MRI but I fell asleep in some kind of loud plastic tube.

[@deephorizon1365]

Lol same

[@ziggystardog]

Compared to an MRI, certainly. I had my first MRI a while back and asked if I should hold my breath, and she said I wouldn’t last long if I did. She gave me the wrong music selection, and it cut out after the first pass.

[@paulcoverdale8312]

Glad to know these washin machines are safe when people have a ride in one.😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤
Been in 7 of them. Great bits of kit an worth every penny. Thanks to the nerds, geeks an staff that use an build them.
Thanks for saving lives guys❤❤❤❤

[@NLaertes]

Yes! Hospital need to install transparant covers on these scanners...it would be so cool to see them in action like this when you are a patient!😎👏✌️

[@cymbala6208]

Cool! Never seen a CT scanner like that before! Thx for this insight.

[@cbrtdgh4210]

This thing rotates so fast that you come out 1 minute younger than everyone else.

[@puglug5286]

True? I’m fucking stupid but am also intrigued

[@nitroxylictv]

@@puglug5286 yes very fucking stupid

[@thehandleiwantedwasntavailable]

I’d like to see what PhotonicInduction could do with this!

[@UnacceptableViews]

he'd pop it.. obviously

[@rodrigoloucao5950]

Probably overclock it or something... XDXD

[@Lucas_sGarage]

Crank the vfd.up to full frequency and make it blow up

[@RameezLalloo]

im still trying to figure out wheres the bearings for such a big rig

[@Validole]

All around the inside. The Patient is inside the hollow axle. Motor is direct drive, most likely.

[@shawncaldwell9318]

New Philips CT have a air barrier. It doesn’t touch at all.

[@Crystalcluster]

@@shawncaldwell9318 Ye they kinda abuse the air bc it has even less resistance than ball bearings and it's wayyyy quieter

[@Sykora171]

@@Validole gantry motor is in the lower left corner, it drives a very large belt that goes around the entire rotating frame on the other side. (I work on these)

[@sippycups6215]

@@Sykora171 not on this model, it uses multiple air bearings that are blocks of carbon that float the rotor on a cushion of air when the system is operational. Like an air hokey table. Rotation is from the whole CT basically being an electric motor were the Rotor has a ring of magnets that are forced to rotate because of current in the windings on the stator. Philips stopped using direct drive with the introduction of the iCT model line.
its so quite because you they have the air compressor in a closet some were ;,D hahaha

[@raymondk2202]

This must have been one hell of a design project for the electronic engineers and fine mechanical engineers for designing this unit. All the electronic components need to be locked in place plus all electric connections need to be strong enough to endure this day in day out, mechanics needs to be incredibly smooth and balanced and everything in a extreme magnetic field...

[@drtone]

@@TheAbyss79 yes, lol

[@organicfarm5524]

Well, Electrical and Mechanical engineers make all of the 'devices' around us, no surprise.

[@owenkegg5608]

Not to mention how low friction those slip rings need to be. Incredible.

[@ataphelicopter5734]

Common mistake: CT scanners and MRI scanners are actually different; a CT scanner uses a rotating x-ray scanner whereas a MRI uses a static tube electromagnet to develop its magnetic field
TLDR: CT scanner not magnetic

[@TymphaRedbreaduwuowo]

they should make the patient spin instead,

[@batabatic]

This made me laugh just thinking about it.

[@facilityofrealityresearch8913]

LOL

[@sploffo]

Nah, just the patents head. More efficient that way.

[@brentfisher902]

If you are a dervish, then you already have that skill.

[@sebbers]

stolen comment

[@stevemeister3840]

Doctor: “alright if you’ll just remain still, the machine will start scanning you now.” *cover falls off*
Patient: 😳

[@memejeff]

The sheer effort needed to balance the rotating part keeps me up at night.

[@stevejordan7275]

It LOOKS like something from Event Horizon, but it SOUNDS like something from Star Trek.
Very, *VERY* cool. Thanks for showing us! I really geek out about anything tech like this.

[@FreebirthBoccara]

"now, if you would be so good as to climb up the ladder and start the rotors, that way we can bring up the anti mass spectrometer to 80% and hold it there until the carrier arrives."

[@zakkholguin3942]

Idk why CZcams wanted me to see this all of a sudden but this is so freakin cool.

[@syedzohaibahmed5176]

Just imagine the amount of static and dynamic balancing that goes in to ensure that the vibrations do not scare the patients. Crazy!

[@StuartGray]

I would think that even without patients it would be considered of extreme importance to balance such and expensive device to ensure longer life times and lower maintenance costs.

[@frankvanga310]

my mind: "interstellar" meme, turn on

[@1draigon]

Thanks for this Tom :)

[@azverndias913]

newsletter

[@1draigon]

@@azverndias913 yes :)

[@DonUschlonTheManiac]

Look how it's perfectly balanced - it's an example of how brilliant the knowledge and technology of humanity can be 😍

[@pyalot]

Eerily quiet, had a suspicion, looked it up, jep, radial air bearings. Neat 😃

[@orechris21]

How tf does an air bearing work. Don't get me wrong I am an engineer but in my whole career this is the first time I've heard of an air bearing.

[@pyalot]

@@orechris21 Air is a fluid (like grease and oil are fluids). Fluids have drag on surfaces (molecules touching and "wetting" the surface want to stick to it) and drag internally (one fluid molecule bumping into another slows it down). Air bearings work like regular greased bearings (the non ball kind), they rely on the greasing fluid to keep the two surfaces apart, they just use air as grease. The key difference is just that for it to work with air, the surfaces have to be very flat and very close together (because the greasing film of air is a lot thinner than the one with grease/oil) and the loss of bearing fluid is a lot faster (so it has to be continually greased with high pressure air).

[@orechris21]

@@pyalot ohh yeah now I got it thanks

[@Phae576]

Phillips: hey let's sell some lightbulbs
Also Phillips: Hey let's make a multimillion dollar medical machine

[@tracypanavia4634]

Not being a dick but Philips make everything and invented quite a bit too. They supply loads of stuff for other companies too - optical drives, TV screens being perfect examples.

[@guguigugu]

You should look up Samsung, they could be a self-sufficient state at this point lol

[@rebeccarainharrod]

Okay Gordon, we're ready to project you!

[@EdwardChan.999]

I'm really glad they put the cover on XD Would have scared me to death with this much spinning metal pieces lol

[@ssss-df5qz]

This would make a great washing machine for the spin cycle. Very quiet.
I'd definitely have this down as one of humankind's greatest inventions, for sure.

[@zinowor]

my old laundry machine from Philips still works fine after 18 years, these new models also look quite sturdy 👍

[@wwlb4970]

Cool washing machine you have here.

[@TheTomco11]

The guy who balanced this needs a raise

[@vukasinmaslovaric]

"Chevron 8 locked, wormhole opened successfully."

[@AntonioDal.]

Imagine if the cover was transparent and the patient could see it spinning like this

[@metagen77]

Nurse : PLEASE CALM DOWN MR SMITH IT'S A ROUTINE PROCEDURE!
Mr. Smith : 😱AAA

[@stefanfilipov7254]

That's the coolest washing machine I've ever seen!

[@HBNplague]

Looks like a single source and single detector arc on this one. Some manufacturers (Siemens) make a dual source scanner, essentially with two sources and two detector arcs arranged at 90 degrees to each other. This means double the temporal resolution, super good for cardiac imaging.

[@mollycrime]

when you show up for a scan and gordon freeman is behind is in the oeprating room.... yeah nah, i'm good

[@TheZrcation]

Need an interstellar version of this

[@77numerouno]

Cool I've never seen a CT from inside before 👍

[@Bionix21]

damn, thats a huge washing machine you have there

[@vice.nor.virtue]

It's so quiet at full speed though! A portal to another dimension could literally be about to open and the patient would have no idea.

[@youtert]

Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.

[@iviaverick52]

imagine having the job of balancing that thing so perfectly.

[@BlackEpyon]

When I saw the thumbnail, I thought it was a washing machine, not a CT scanner.
Imagine being the engineer who's job it is to balance this $2M machine.

[@csmith9684]

GrrreeaaatttTT The next time we need to have this scan this is all what we will be remembering!