Embroidered MRI slice

Becky Stern says: I'm using the image data from my knee MRI to embroider pictures. I've just finished the first of many.

[#1 posted by lava, February 17, 2009 1:06 PM]

the link is not working - there are a few extra letters in the http part.

[#2 posted by Anonymous, February 17, 2009 1:29 PM]

Is that a Baker's Cyst?

[#3 posted by Anonymous, February 17, 2009 1:49 PM]

What a clever idea ... I simply Photoshopped mine

http://tinyurl.com/bekt2x

[#4 posted by mdh, February 17, 2009 1:52 PM]

Am I a zombie? that looks very much like bacon to me.

[#5 posted by Alex_M, February 17, 2009 1:57 PM]

That's the weirdest bit of anatomical textile-craft I've seen since that knitted brain..

http://www.boingboing.net/2006/09/13/fabric-brain-art.html

[#6 posted by Pharmakos, February 17, 2009 2:06 PM]

MDH: Look at the marbling. Mmm. Delicious human.

[#7 posted by bekathwia, February 17, 2009 2:08 PM]

It's not a Baker's Cyst, that red thing is just a pocket of fluid from the swelling draining out the back of my knee. It's gone now. =]

[#8 posted by mtellers, February 17, 2009 2:11 PM]

want to embroider the CAT scan of the blood clot in my neck? it is monochromatic, but you could even add earrings haha.

My parents used to call it my "other senior pictures"

[#9 posted by burned1000, February 17, 2009 2:22 PM]

check out the 'art of imaging art' show
medical imagery and art
www.occca.org

[#10 posted by Anonymous, February 17, 2009 2:33 PM]

MDH: I'm trying to work out the person's weight. If you search google images of other MRI knee scans, you'll see some appear to have a lot less fat around them, less ham on the bone.

[#11 posted by PattiS, February 17, 2009 3:02 PM]

Becky is small and cute - not a lot of ham on the bone. So to speak.

[#12 posted by jowlsey, February 17, 2009 3:15 PM]

Looked like a Baker's cyst to me as well. Good thing I don't read embroidered MRI's for a living ;)

[#13 posted by matthb, February 17, 2009 4:40 PM]

You could make patches of the common athletic injuries and sell them--"ACL tear", "Rotator Cuff" etc. I'm sure it would be a hit. Or maybe sell them to orthopedic surgeons?

[#14 posted by LadyJD, February 17, 2009 4:51 PM]

Nice muscle texture.

[#15 posted by neurolux, February 17, 2009 5:30 PM]

Looks savory, like a T-bone.

[#16 posted by Gareth Branwyn, February 17, 2009 11:22 PM]

One of the many reasons why I LOVE Becky Stern!

[#17 posted by laureltree, February 23, 2009 11:28 AM]

This is awesome, this makes me want to embroider my mom's MRI scans of her brain.

Also, #10... That's about normal fat proportions there. It doesn't look off at all (and I googled knee MRI just to double check) Think before you speak ;)

[#18 posted by Jerril, February 23, 2009 12:02 PM]

Considering the number of knee injuries athletes go through, I'm wondering if #10 is thinking of scans of top shape male athletes, rather than adult women.

I rag on the adult woman part because some folks, not necessarily #10, need reminding that adult women are supposed to have a general layer of subcutaneous body fat, as an important part of their estrogen regulation (possibly other female hormones too, I'm not an expert).

We now return you to your regularly scheduled crafting thread.

[#19 posted by Allegra, February 23, 2009 2:05 PM]

My mother the craftperson HAS to see this link! She already knit me a squid, maybe the next time I get medically imaged I'll put her on to this.