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Hospitals throughout the world, working towards improving the lives and outcomes for cancer sufferers, are using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scanners to diagnose and stage cancer in patients. Whilst the magnetic fields and radio waves used by MRI scanners pose no risk to humans, scanners’ cooling system potentially do, and careful installation and maintenance is essential to ensure their safe operation.

The magnets in MRI scanners are cooled with liquid helium, with the ave