An ear ailment diagnostic device and method in accordance with the present disclosure generally comprises a pair of earpieces, which both further comprise a light source, a magnification lens, an air conduction channel and a miniature camera. The carton has 180\xb0 fold lines with a compressed area at each end and a slit joining the compressed areas. One approach describes a method of decoding and displaying compressed video data. The example method also includes controlling the MRI apparatus to transmit radio frequency energy to image the patient in a manner where the RF energy will only influence the SAR near the conductor in the patient less than a desired threshold amount.