[MarkL]

Just out of curiosity, why aren’t there metal detectors set up near the entrances to these machines? Just as a precaution should someone forget.

Seems like a common sense measure to prevent such items from getting close enough to the magnetic field to be a threat.

I believe that metal detectors work by using magnetic fields: These things put out such overwhelming fields, my guess is that it would be useless anywhere nearby. I've seen cases where the monitor screens of the office computers used by the staff were skewed, and this is a good distance from the imaging hardware and behind well shielded walls.

Mark

[Mom MD]

it will also erase the magnetic strip on your credit cards and drivers license