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Man found missing 90% of his brain defies scientific understanding - most of his skull is filled with water:

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(07)61127-1/fulltext

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 days ago (2 children)

That's the short of it - but we passed all brain data to a university affiliated neurologist for review. We also allowed participants to take a copy of their brain data if they wanted. I've got a CD of my own brain kicking around somewhere, and I even helped a few people 3D print their brains.

But, anything that I said about the participants brain opened me up to liability. What if I said their brain looked OK and there was a tumor? Or vice versa? The University felt I could be sued, so we were trained to not speak about their brain.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago

You could say "take the data and go to a doctor just in case". Explain the liability thing. Tell them you'll deny you told them anything. If they are your close friend, why would they take it as "fuck yeah let's sue the dude that was worried about me"?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I recently got an MRI and wondered about 3D printing my brain as well. Is there any kind of standard conversion software to get an .stl file out of my MRI data or how did you go about it?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Standard? Not really. But there's a tutorial here: https://github.com/miykael/3dprintyourbrain

Happy to answer some questions if you have issues

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Awesome, thanks a lot!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Nice! I could use mine as a vase!