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Saturday, March 29, 2008

Missile inside MRI room


Actually there is no true missiles at all but the environment of the magnetic resonance imaging room can make it possible, when the device is turned on and the powerfull magnetic force starts to work (60000 to 140000 times as powerfull as the earth),when the scan is on, appliances and other magnetic materials may become high-speed projectiles .Materials that are dangerous include oxygen bottles, stretchers, and wheelchairs made of magnetic materials.
My friend Lazo had an accident when he was inside the MRI room and the device was turned on by mistake for few seconds(2-4 s) , his mobile was inside his  pocket & Lazo got pulled toward the magnet with a horrible power till the magnet is off ,
Fortuntly nothing happened to him ,so be carefull of MRI.
(The above image was taken from a powerpoint presentaion labeled as Allegra MR scanner at the Cyclotron Research Centre )

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