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Innovative India-Made MRI Machine Can Make Medical Imaging Affordable And Accessible
by Karan Kamble - Mar 13, 2021 05:17 AM
Arjun Arunachalam with his portable, lightweight, fast MRI scanner at the Voxelgrids facility in Peenya, Bengaluru
Snapshot
A team led by Arjun Arunachalam has developed a lightweight, fast, affordable, and portable MRI scanner.
The machine can be transported to any location in India, including remote areas, and potentially take medical imaging to the underserved parts.
In Bengaluruâs industrial hub of Peenya, a healthcare innovation by a small company promises to make quality medical imaging â and, therefore, improved medical diagnosis and treatment â accessible to parts of India that are medically underserved.