It's 8:30 in the morning, and Donald Kutzner has just changed into scrubs. He's sitting in the basement of the Science and Engineering Innovation and Research building with several researchers and an MRI technician, and he hasn't even had his morning coffee.
The researchers—part of the Clinical Imaging Research Center (CIRC) team at The University of Texas at Arlington—explain to Kutzner what the day will entail. First, there will be a 70-minute MRI of his brain. Next, he'll get a full-body scan and another specifically of his thigh. Finally, he'll be back in the machine for another 70-minute scan, this time of his heart.
It's going to be a long day for the 60-year-old software architect, but the data collected here could be key to unlocking the secrets behind healthy aging.
