Grin and bear it: WSU conducts grizzly MRI

Some patients may require special accommodations before undergoing an MRI, but most technologists haven’t quite had to deal with the super-sized challenge of imaging a full-grown grizzly bear. That’s just what veterinary medicine students at Washington State University did last week, though, and you can see the photos via KTMF News at the link below: 

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