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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Sep 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Magn Reson Imaging. 2006 Feb;23(2):205–209. doi: 10.1002/jmri.20499

Table 1.

Motivations for Volunteering for Research MRI Studies

Reason for volunteering Total Medical Non-medical
Financial compensation or course credit 64/104 (62%) 52/77 (68%) 12/27 (45%)
Contribute to scientific knowledge 22/104 (21%) 10/77 (13%) 12/27 (45%)
Favor to experimenter 17/104 (16%) 14/77 (18%) 3/27 (11%)
Worried about a health problem 1/104 (1%) 1/77 (1%) 0/27 (0%)