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adrianN on April 22, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Vegetative patient says 'I'm not in pain'

But you wouldn't have to use a MRI. In fact a MRI is not practical at all because the patient needs to be inside it to communicate. Much better would be an implantable electrode array. I'm sure they're much cheaper than a MRI too.

Natsu on April 22, 2014 [–]

Infection is a serious risk with anything implantable, but it would be cool if someone could make it work.

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