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minus-squareMehBlah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·7 hours agohttps://www.ausrad.com/exams-services/magnetic-resonance-imaging/can-i-have-an-mri-if-i-have-metal-in-my-body/
minus-squarePeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up18·7 hours agoIsn’t that just because they use non-magnetic metals for implants?
minus-squarewolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-24 hours agoAnd that’s zinc shot. Perhaps they’re steel inside, but the outside is clearly zinc.
minus-squareilikecoffee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·7 hours ago In general, metallic orthopedic implants are not affected by MRI. This isn’t an implant though. Massive difference.
minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 hours agoI soon expect to have screws implanted in my spine. I also have other infirmities. I hope like hell to never have screws ripped through my vertebrae by an MRI.
minus-squareMehBlah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·6 hours agoWhat are implants made of? Stainless for the most part.
https://www.ausrad.com/exams-services/magnetic-resonance-imaging/can-i-have-an-mri-if-i-have-metal-in-my-body/
Isn’t that just because they use non-magnetic metals for implants?
Titanium, afaik
And that’s zinc shot. Perhaps they’re steel inside, but the outside is clearly zinc.
This isn’t an implant though. Massive difference.
I soon expect to have screws implanted in my spine. I also have other infirmities. I hope like hell to never have screws ripped through my vertebrae by an MRI.
What are implants made of? Stainless for the most part.