Cat Scan 2007

July 14, 2007 12:00 AM

In honor of the 8th Anniversary of MetaFilter, here are 8 YouTube links to... CAT SCANS
Oh, what heck, here are 8 more... LOL SCANS
posted by wendell (23 comments total)

Good bye <img> tag, hello ASCII art:
  
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posted by spiderskull at 12:12 AM on July 14, 2007

Aw crap. That didn't turn out right. Oh well.
posted by spiderskull at 12:12 AM on July 14, 2007

I'm just grateful there are no scat scans.
posted by Astro Zombie at 12:21 AM on July 14, 2007

or scat cans?
posted by hattifattener at 12:25 AM on July 14, 2007

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...wait, what are we doing?
posted by SassHat at 12:34 AM on July 14, 2007

Note to spiderskull
posted by puke & cry at 12:37 AM on July 14, 2007

For you who MUST know before you click:

C - How a Cat Scan Machine Works
A - My CT Scan (music by the 5th Dimension)
T - CAT SCAN the Horror Movie

S - Cat Scan starring Ripley, a crazed cat
C - CT Scan Lung Torso + Tumor
A - Lee prepares for his Dreaded Cat Scan
N - Wii remote interface w/CT Scan
S - Burn My Remains performing "Catatonic CAT Scan" Live!

L - "The First Cat Scan"
O - CAT Scan - "what's in my mind"
L - Abigail explains why she wants a cat scan.

S - CaT Scan of a Turkey
C - What Happens In Vegas Won't Show Up on a CTScan
A - Cat Scan cartoon (you've probably seen before)
N - Catscan performs Time 2 B Loud (Korsakoff Remix)
S - Are Cat Scans exposing people to too much Radiation? (Clip from CBC doc 'Radiation Roulette')
posted by wendell at 12:38 AM on July 14, 2007

S - Are Cat Scans exposing people to too much Radiation? (Clip from CBC doc 'Radiation Roulette')

I found that video very bizarre. It was like a highschool report with dramatic music. I can't help feeling that the idea for the segment was thought up by someone who wanted to scare people away from getting those kinds of scans because they were expensive and the Canadian single-payer health system didn't want to have to pay for all those scans.
posted by delmoi at 12:44 AM on July 14, 2007 [1 favorite]

It’s an underappreciated fact that The Beatles played an important role in delivering the CT scan to clinical medicine and making it ready for prime time. When I began residency in St. Louis in 1975 there were only two CT scanners, then known as EMI scanners, in the city. EMI was Electronic and Musical Industries, the company that manufactured the scanners in the early days. It was also the parent company of The Beatles’ two record labels, Capitol Records and Apple Records.

Sir Godfrey Hounsfield, whose BMJ obit is here, worked as an engineer for EMI and was the inventor of the CT scan (PubMed citation here). According to this article from Whittington Hospital: Having sold 200 million of the Fab Four’s singles, (at seven inches, almost enough vinyl to stretch the length of the equator) the Beatles’ record company, EMI, was able to fund Hounsfield to do his research and the scanner was ready be used in hospitals in the 1970’s.

posted by chuckdarwin at 1:25 AM on July 14, 2007 [2 favorites]

We came this close to posting about JenniCam every year, so thank your lucky stars, people - and happy birthday, MeFi! =^..^=
posted by taz at 1:43 AM on July 14, 2007

Some Cat-Scans are less SFW than others.

Just sayin'.
posted by Reggie Digest at 4:50 AM on July 14, 2007

hattifattener writes 'or scat cans?'

A different scat can
posted by PeterMcDermott at 4:50 AM on July 14, 2007 [1 favorite]

(Ugh! I keep mixing up the threads. Sorry, everyone.)
posted by Reggie Digest at 4:52 AM on July 14, 2007

S - Are Cat Scans exposing people to too much Radiation? (Clip from CBC doc 'Radiation Roulette')

And just how in the fuck is this a LOLSCAN?
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 5:34 AM on July 14, 2007

or scat cans?

I prefer Matt pans.
posted by dismas at 6:24 AM on July 14, 2007

I can has LOL?
posted by Ceiling Cat at 7:08 AM on July 14, 2007

Happy Anniversary Metafilter!
posted by MythMaker at 11:03 AM on July 14, 2007

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posted by elmwood at 12:28 PM on July 14, 2007

Poop.
posted by elmwood at 12:28 PM on July 14, 2007

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That worked. I think.
posted by elmwood at 12:30 PM on July 14, 2007

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posted by indiebass at 1:33 PM on July 14, 2007

1:10000 scale ascii art drawing of cat:

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Thank you.
posted by cortex at 3:31 PM on July 14, 2007 [1 favorite]

I MADE YOU A COOKIE FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY


(cortex' cat) .



BUT I EATED IT TOO
posted by snsranch at 3:35 PM on July 14, 2007 [1 favorite]