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3 Tesla Magnetic field MRI's are now common and I have heard rumors of up to 7T machines in the works: http://www.healthdiagnostics.com/svc_hi_field.php



Interesting: ... "scientific research can provide some measure of confidence that short-term, acute exposures up to about 1-2 T [1000-2000 milliT] should be safe... However, it is not possible to determine whether there are any long-term health consequences even from exposure in the milliT range because, to date, there are no well-conducted epidemiological studies with sufficient power to be able to come to any conclusion on this, and there are no good long-term animal studies."

http://www1.mcw.edu/radiationoncology/ourdepartment/radiatio...


This actually a huge issue for space travel, all of the random electronics and possibly magnetic radiation shielding may be serious. http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/westover_rad...




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