MRI. Why not from head to toe?

[swissie]

I am scheduled for an MRI. Limited to the hearth.

I was wondering: If a person is already in the "tube", why not do a "full body scan", every time on such an occasion routinely? A scan from head to toe, so to speak. Other bodily "irregularities" might be detected.

 

What speaks against it?

 

[Hellfire]

4 minutes ago, swissie said:

I am scheduled for an MRI. Limited to the hearth.

I was wondering: If a person is already in the "tube", why not do a "full body scan", every time on such an occasion routinely? A scan from head to toe, so to speak. Other bodily "irregularities" might be detected.

 

What speaks against it?

 

Who will pay for it? And you are naive thinking that what an average person indeed needs is to find the additional “irregularities”. 

[swissie]

1 minute ago, Hellfire said:

Who will pay for it?

My health insurance.

[bkk6060]

Cost and time in the tube is probably an issue.

[newbee2022]

2 hours ago, swissie said:

I am scheduled for an MRI. Limited to the hearth.

I was wondering: If a person is already in the "tube", why not do a "full body scan", every time on such an occasion routinely? A scan from head to toe, so to speak. Other bodily "irregularities" might be detected.

 

What speaks against it?

 

Well, you can opt for a full body scan.

However it's never from head to toe. Your arms and hands are spared, same as lower legs and feet.

It you want to have those parts to be scanned you have to do it separately.

The costs for this full body scan as described is in Europe around 1000 Euro, and here in Thailand variable. Depends what hospital you chose.

Last time I did it was 5 years ago. 18.000 Baht. Today probably more.