The doctors at Berlin’s Charité Hospital created a special “open” MRI scanner (most are tube shaped) to give the necessary room for the mother to do her work. The birth went swimmingly and ...

But, man, that was a miserable 20 minutes." However, Judd underwent a scan recently without a hitch. He used the open-bore MRI at Raleigh Radiology.

With a 29.5-inch opening, the new MRI scanner not only eases claustrophobia fears, but also accommodates patients up to 550 pounds (compared to 400 pounds with other open MRI scanners).