Just to clarify, did you get the OSXFUSE pop-up when you were still booted into your recovery partition or after you booted back into OS X?
Can't remember whether it came up as an a recovery partition but that is probably why it came to my attention.
I remember the Control Panel icon for it looked like a drive.
Then I'll go with its likely being associated with the MRI software. (Any chance you can find the thread in which it was discussed?)
I'm looking for the thread, I found the one where Grelber suggested I get a "1990-something Ford Taurus bucket seat" at my desk in lieu of surgery.
Found it! Post 33285