Throwing metallic objects into an MRI machine - GIF

Throwing metallic objects into an MRI machine.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...898#post210263
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...9129#post88721
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...393#post188963
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...377#post154543
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...495#post225206

Yeah that was really a smart thing to do. Those machines can cost upwards of 3 million dollars for the best models. it takes days to start them up to full magnetic saturation and an equal amount of time to cycle them down.

Hopefully it's being de-commissioned..

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Originally Posted by imohtep56

Hopefully it's being de-commissioned..

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It probably is. Used ones are on ebay for about 50k. Caveat emptor :)

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Originally Posted by ductape

It probably is. Used ones are on ebay for about 50k. Caveat emptor :)

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With all the liquid helium that you don't have of course.

There was a case in New York a while back where a kid was killed by some kind of tank in the room someone had brought in and wasn't removed before they turned on the MRI machine. It flew into the end of the machine and killed the kid. :(

Lawyer Dies After Shot By His Own Concealed Gun Triggered By MRI Scanner

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucele...h=3222896c568a

MRI is fundamentally the same instrument as NMR, which we use to characterize chemical structure. It's primarily used in chemical synthesis. We use it to make sure we're getting what we intended to get. Oh, yeah, no metallic objects in the NMR room, either. Fun facts to know and tell.
https://www.acs.org/education/whatis...marks/mri.html