Embroidered MRI slice

Becky Stern says: I'm using the image data from my knee MRI to embroider pictures. I've just finished the first of many.

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PattiS

Becky is small and cute – not a lot of ham on the bone. So to speak.
jowlsey

Looked like a Baker’s cyst to me as well. Good thing I don’t read embroidered MRI’s for a living ;)
Allegra

My mother the craftperson HAS to see this link! She already knit me a squid, maybe the next time I get medically imaged I’ll put her on to this.
laureltree

This is awesome, this makes me want to embroider my mom’s MRI scans of her brain.

Also, #10… That’s about normal fat proportions there. It doesn’t look off at all (and I googled knee MRI just to double check) Think before you speak ;)
lava

the link is not working – there are a few extra letters in the http part.
Jerril

Considering the number of knee injuries athletes go through, I’m wondering if #10 is thinking of scans of top shape male athletes, rather than adult women.

I rag on the adult woman part because some folks, not necessarily #10, need reminding that adult women are supposed to have a general layer of subcutaneous body fat, as an important part of their estrogen regulation (possibly other female hormones too, I’m not an expert).

We now return you to your regularly scheduled crafting thread.
matthb

You could make patches of the common athletic injuries and sell them–”ACL tear”, “Rotator Cuff” etc. I’m sure it would be a hit. Or maybe sell them to orthopedic surgeons?
LadyJD

Nice muscle texture.
Anonymous

Is that a Baker’s Cyst?
Gareth Branwyn

One of the many reasons why I LOVE Becky Stern!
neurolux

Looks savory, like a T-bone.
Anonymous

What a clever idea … I simply Photoshopped mine

http://tinyurl.com/bekt2x
mdh

Am I a zombie? that looks very much like bacon to me.
Alex_M

That’s the weirdest bit of anatomical textile-craft I’ve seen since that knitted brain..

http://www.boingboing.net/2006/09/13/fabric-brain-art.html
Pharmakos

MDH: Look at the marbling. Mmm. Delicious human.
bekathwia

It’s not a Baker’s Cyst, that red thing is just a pocket of fluid from the swelling draining out the back of my knee. It’s gone now. =]
mtellers

want to embroider the CAT scan of the blood clot in my neck? it is monochromatic, but you could even add earrings haha.

My parents used to call it my “other senior pictures”
burned1000

check out the ‘art of imaging art’ show
medical imagery and art
http://www.occca.org
Anonymous

MDH: I’m trying to work out the person’s weight. If you search google images of other MRI knee scans, you’ll see some appear to have a lot less fat around them, less ham on the bone.