How is it that helium is a rare element needed for X-rays that we will run out of but is used for silly things like balloons and voice modifiers?

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How is it that helium is a rare element needed for X-rays that we will run out of but is used for silly things like balloons and voice modifiers?

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Helium is not needed for X-rays. Liquid helium is used for the superconducting magnet in an MRI machine.

Both MRI and X-ray are medical imaging techniques but they do not work the same way.

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