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To: DollarCoins
My understanding is that an MRI cannot be done because of a medical procedure done on Terri early on. Thats what was reported on FNC

According to Michael Schiavo's November 19, 1993 deposition, case No. 90-2908-GD, the electrodes implanted were platinum.

If the items are not paramagnetic (like iron), there would be no danger and no contraindication to an MRI.

132 posted on 03/23/2005 8:37:45 AM PST by wisconsinconservative ("Life is sacred or meaningless, there is nothing in between.")
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To: wisconsinconservative
I had wondered about that. Non-ferrous metal is not a problem in an MRI, from the standpoint of patient injury (i.e., the magnets pulling the metal right out of the patient). Non-ferrous metal can, however, cause some interference to the resulting images.

I have a titanium plate in my neck. I did have an MRI following the surgery, but I ended up having to have a different radiographic procedure done because the titanium did interfere with the quality of the images.
200 posted on 03/23/2005 9:53:08 AM PST by green pastures
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