30% of People Told to Get an MRI Never Go | Dr Mark Cohen | Healthcare AI

He invented functional MRI at Harvard in 1989. Thirty years later he realised how unusual his subjects were. Book Ian for your event → iankhan.com | booking@iankhan.com SUMMARY Dr Mark Cohen, Director of Neuroengineering, explains that his research subjects arrived excited while 30% of people handed an MRI referral never attend at all. He describes partnering with engineers who measure the temperature of objects on Earth from space, and gives a timeline on reading thoughts word by word. KEY FINDINGS • Inventing functional MRI with a Harvard team in 1989 • Research subjects arriving genuinely excited to participate • 30% of people given an MRI referral never getting the scan • 10 to 15% who arrive look at the scanner and leave • MRI as a standard grown over 40 years into many products • Partnering with engineers who measure Earth temperatures from space • Applying those sensitivity techniques to MRI • Reading thoughts word by word as a 2 to 20 year question NOTABLE QUOTES "30% of the people who receive that piece of paper never get an MRI." — Dr Mark Cohen GUEST Dr. Mark Cohen, Ph.D., Director of Neuroengineering FULL TRANSCRIPT iankhan.com/futurist/mark-cohen-functional-mri-access Recorded at RSNA 2025 for The Futurist. ──────────────────── ABOUT IAN KHAN — HEALTHCARE AI KEYNOTE SPEAKER Most AI keynotes end with a better understanding. Mine end with a measured readiness score and a ninety-day plan. Your leadership team is assessed before the event, the room sees its own colle