I'm not dying or anything. I went into one for a research study on BP brains, which I got paid for (woohoo!).

I always assumed the scanner would make this loud clanging or thumping sound because that's what I'd heard in the movies. Admittedly the movie that first comes to mind is The Exorcist, so I think I'm a BIT dated on that front, but as far as I'm aware, most other popular media use the big clanging sound as well.

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