I suppose it's a topic because a member, and we are all equal members, found it interesting.

Not to put words into the original poster's mouth, but I'm assuming he was not as much concerned with the technical specificity and/or current cost of Telsa MRI's, as he was with the idea of finding someway, someday of imaging the invisible injury.

Anyone who has tangled with a car insurance lawyer knows this would be invaluable. When I was injured, the forces of darkness couldn't deny my spinal cord injury, broken bones, cracked ribs, dislocated shoulder, etc... but my brain injury - the injury that had most altered my life, for the worst, could be disputed because the bleeds on my MRI had cleared.

A diagnostic test, that could image the kind of damage, now only evident at autopsy, could lead to insurance settlements that did not condemn mva victims to financial ruin.

Yes, treatments for TBI are limited. However, faced with incredulity from doctors, who can't SEE the injury, many patients aren't even getting access to what is available. Nor are effective treatments likely to be developed so long as inadequate imaging stands in the way of acknowledgement and understanding.

As for doctors laughing people of the room for requesting testing, many already do that, because they can't see the injury. I think most patients yearn for a method to image their injury because, if nothing else, it would stop doctors from treating us contemptuously.

Given the complexity of the brain, I suspect most TBI patients accept that a "cure" is not on the immediate horizon. In the interim, however, I feel that many of us dream of an imaging technology that would lead to our being treated with compassion and respect. As we don't often find that at the doctor's office, it would be nice if we could always find it when we post here.