Get MRI Training in the Grand Canyon State
Date: March 23, 2023
The number one tourist attraction in Arizona is unequivocally the Grand Canyon. So much so the state is synonymous with the name “The Grand Canyon State!”1 Considered one of the world’s seven natural wonders, the vast cavern draws millions of visitors from around the globe each year.
Larger than the state of Rhode Island, running a mile deep, 277 miles (445.79 km) long, and 18 miles (28.97 km) wide,2 the Grand Canyon essentially “pulls back the earth’s surface” for human viewing. Wherein tucked within the cavern are an estimated 1,000 caves.2 Its varied landscape, vastness, and ominous beauty draw professional photographers, artists, and tourists to capture images of it each year.
More Than Imagery
Yet, more than artistic imagery, photography, and tourism, the formation also provides rare and important glimpses into the earth’s inner surface. From this, geologists and students glean crucial information regarding geography. Taking field photos, scientists study rock layer sets exposed in position and common composition. Specific research areas include Metamorphic basement rocks, the Precambrian Grand Canyon supergroup, and the Paleozoic strata.3
“In short, the Grand Canyon is considered a national wonder.”
More Than Imaging
Like the Canyon “peels back layers” for viewing, one phenomenal medical invention renders novel discoveries into the human body. Second to none in medical marvels, the MRI essentially “pares off barriers.” The MRI procedure can create detailed images of almost every internal structure in the human body.4 Just as the Canyon provides geographic, macro-level information, the MRI makes medical, micro-level scans possible.
Non-invasive, Ability to See ‘Beneath’
A Magnetic Resonance Imaging procedure uses a strong magnetic field and radio waves to collect images. Whereby the main magnet in an MRI may create a magnetic field that is one to four thousand times stronger than the earth’s magnetic field.5 Although its first human use was as late as 1977, the MRI technique has already transformed medicine. This is because MRIs demonstrate pathology or how to distinguish healthy from unhealthy tissue. (Pathology is the science of the causes and effects of the disease, especially the branch of medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of bodily tissue for diagnostic or forensic purposes.)6
Because MRIs are considered relatively non-invasive and don’t use radiation, like other types of imaging, MRI scans are preferred procedures for imaging the human brain, spinal cord, nerves, muscles, ligaments, and tendons. MRIs are also used to identify bone fractures, too small for traditional X-rays.
Because of its low-risk-to-benefit ratio and what it reveals, the MRI has been called the most revolutionary procedure of this century.
Both Wonders
The world is full of wonders, external and internal, natural and engineered. Don’t you owe it to yourself to check out all phenomena? Doing so may be easier than you think. Gurnick Academy’s MRI program recently moved to the Grand Canyon state!
So if you’re in Arizona, look at the Grand Canyon. While you’re at it, browse through our new online MRI program for Arizona today. Our online program won’t take you on a trail to the basin riding a donkey’s back, but it will open worlds of fascinating discovery. We promise you that.~
Citations:
1 Hurd, Betty. “27 Places to Visit in Arizona in 2023–Travel Lemming.” Travellemming.com, Travel Lemming. Oct. 23, 2022. (Accessed Feb. 14, 2023.)
2^a, b “13 Things You Didn’t Know about Grand Canyon National Park.” Www.doi.gov, U.S. Department of the Interior. Feb. 23, 2017. (Accessed Feb. 15, 2023.)
3 “Geology of Grand Canyon National Park|U.S. Geological Survey.” Www.usgs.gov, Geology, and Ecology of National Parks. (Accessed Feb. 14, 2023.)
4 Johns Hopkins Medicine. “Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).” Johns Hopkins Medicine, 2019. (Accessed Feb. 16, 2023.)
5 “10 Facts about MRIs–Medical Associates of Northwest Arkansas.” Medical Associates of Northwest Arkansas, MANA. Sept. 24, 2015. (Accessed Feb. 15, 2023.)
6 n.d. “Pathology.” Oxford University Press. (Accessed June 17, 2021.)
