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To: MojoWire

Isn't that the BIG magnet??? would think if there is any metal in your body you would meet that magnet pretty darn hard...


3 posted on 08/24/2004 9:22:03 PM PDT by Jewels1091
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I'm going to do a search and find out....


4 posted on 08/24/2004 9:22:28 PM PDT by Jewels1091
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Isn't that the BIG magnet?

Yes. And supposedly the nurse or doctor will tell you you can't get an MRI reading if you have any metal in your body.

Has Kerry been caught in another lie?

10 posted on 08/24/2004 9:24:32 PM PDT by Edit35
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high frequency magnets, MRI still works, it just will fog up near the metal but the metal would show nice and bright. The MRI would be a golden find, if someone gets it and posts it, they are a hero. More than likely, the MRI will show nothing since the only thing up that butt is rice (and his high school sweet heart's dad shot him with rock salt from a shot gun inserted therein, likely this made it easier for the rice to make it there in the first place)


33 posted on 08/24/2004 9:29:06 PM PDT by dila813
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It's a HUGE magnet, about 2 1/2 ton. If the shrapnel is a magnetic material then... well, Kerry no longer has shrapnel in his thigh.
36 posted on 08/24/2004 9:29:31 PM PDT by hobson
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Isn't that the BIG magnet??? would think if there is any metal in your body you would meet that magnet pretty darn hard...

Well, no.

Depends on size of magnet. The larger the magnet, the better quality of the image. Most large hospital magnets are 1.5 Tesla. Imaging a leg that had a small shrapnel piece in it would "warp" and ruin the resulting image, rendering it useless. That assumes that the shrapnel is ferrous (magnetic) metal. If it's rice, then... Embedded in the body, it would not necessarily come ripping out. Just ruin the resulting image.

I've had them rip pens out of my pockets before, but they are becoming better shielded every year with the newer models. And I'm becoming better at de-metalizing before entering the "red-zone". That includes my wallet, with credit cards and all...

99 posted on 08/24/2004 9:53:55 PM PDT by TotusTuus (The safest place for me to be is in the center of God’s will, ....")
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Isn't that the BIG magnet??? would think if there is any metal in your body you would meet that magnet pretty darn hard.........


Would heat up the metal I would think. But it has to be steel (iron) shrapnel.


150 posted on 08/25/2004 6:17:24 PM PDT by dennisw (Allah FUBAR!)
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