Re: Oshi-dashi'd message

["Dave Melton" <dmelton@banzuke.com>]

What you're looking for is an "Open MRI" machine, which doesn't
fully enclose the patient. They're well suited to "people of size",
sumotori or not.  These machines weem to be reasonably common, at
least in the US & Canada.  There's a local provider advertising
their Open MRI machines on the radio here in Seattle.

Check out http://www.hitachimed.com/openmri for some info and 
pictures. This site has an option to search for systems near you. 
There are other manufacturers as well.

Hope this helps,
  Dave Melton


>> I'm medcine doctor in Belgium and I look for a Canadian man of 
>> 250 kgs -1m 90 (560 Lbs - 6'4'' ) a clinic where he may pass a 
>> test of magnetic resonance imaging (our IRM or RMN). I think 
>> that it's the same problem for sumo and I hope you know a person 
>> or a clinic, or a city where it should be possible.
> 
> I assume the problem is that the MRI equipment is unable to span a
> person who has an extra large girth.  A clinic specializing in sumo
> patients is one place where such a device might be found, but instead
> of asking the clinics, you as the doctor should ask the 
> manufacturers. They would be the ones who could help with special 
> requirements like that, and they would recall which customers 
> ordered the larger equipment.
> 
> Computer-assisted Xray Tomography is another option, since the 
> patient doesn't have to pass through a coil.  Extra-large 
> installations have been put together for scanning horses, cattle,
>  and even elephants as I recall.  If Xray tomography is a method 
> that would be useful in your patient's case, that would possibly be 
> easier to arrange.
> 
> Barbara