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Honestly, many (most?) hospitals aren't that far behind -- we're on Windows 7 and the hardware we're using is pretty modern. Aside from xray machines, for which there's really nothing all that new or interesting going on, the machinery in a radiology department tends to be pretty new - at least...

The equipment in the radiology department can also be dangerous to the patients. Aside from radiation-induced injury to DNA, a CT can cause skin burns if the machine continues to emit radiation for longer periods of time over the same body part. And MRI is essentially a microwave - though it...