[wisconsinconservative]

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.

[green pastures]

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.