Unique photo of a CT scanner’s insides [Amazing Photo of the Day]

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   chivafan March 20, 2013 at 6:31 AM (comment permalink) -

   Unique…

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   David Roper March 20, 2013 at 6:44 AM (comment permalink) -

   Having been slid in and out of this machine recently, I probably would have enjoyed looking around at it when the event happened. Thanks for the pix.

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   Ed McCullough March 20, 2013 at 7:47 AM (comment permalink) -

   The really impressive thing is all that hardware must revolve centered on a point a few microns (millionth of an inch) in diameter. This is because to get sub-millimeter resolution the wobble must be a small fraction of that size.

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   WKKos March 20, 2013 at 10:45 AM (comment permalink) -

   [@Ed McCullough] Hi Ed, The micron has NEVER been the fraction of an inch – see Wikipedia definition for the micron. Rgrds, WKKos

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   KMHamm March 20, 2013 at 12:05 PM (comment permalink) -

   When I look at this, all I can think of is, “What kind of Transformer is THAT… and what could it possibly be turning into?!?!”

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   Neil Berman March 23, 2013 at 10:36 PM (comment permalink) -

   I zoomed in to the center of the photo to verify what I think I saw, and —- YES– that orange horizontal bar in the middle is a CARPENTER’S LEVEL!!!
   huh???

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   David Roper March 24, 2013 at 8:59 AM (comment permalink) -

   [@Neil Berman]
   That explains why I felt like I was leaning last time I had a CT scan. Whoa!

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