▲ 614 ▼ Long Island man wearing 9kg-metal necklace dies after being sucked into MRI machine (www.independent.co.uk) submitted 1 year ago by kebab@endlesstalk.org to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world 252 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] saimen@feddit.org 44 points 1 year ago (3 children) Just for your information, the machine, meaning the magnet, is ALWAYS on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 1 year ago* (1 child) Unless something gets stuck. Then it is shut down and restarted after the thing is removed. Takes hours though, I think the startup was four hours. They had that happen at the hospital my father worked at, the cleaning lady brought in a stool with steel legs. They tried to remove it by force first, but four men could not do it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago Takes hours and is horrifically expensive. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago Huh, I thought this was nonsense, but googling proved you're right. Very cool TIL! permalink fedilink source parent [–] 0x0@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 year ago (2 children) Surely dialed down in between scans? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] saimen@feddit.org 6 points 1 year ago No. They are usually superconducting magnets in persistent mode: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconducting_magnet permalink fedilink source parent [–] DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 5 points 1 year ago No it is only turned off during maintenance or by an emergency kill switch. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 1 year ago* (1 child) Unless something gets stuck. Then it is shut down and restarted after the thing is removed. Takes hours though, I think the startup was four hours. They had that happen at the hospital my father worked at, the cleaning lady brought in a stool with steel legs. They tried to remove it by force first, but four men could not do it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago Takes hours and is horrifically expensive. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago Takes hours and is horrifically expensive. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago Huh, I thought this was nonsense, but googling proved you're right. Very cool TIL! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 year ago (2 children) Surely dialed down in between scans? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] saimen@feddit.org 6 points 1 year ago No. They are usually superconducting magnets in persistent mode: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconducting_magnet permalink fedilink source parent [–] DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 5 points 1 year ago No it is only turned off during maintenance or by an emergency kill switch. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] saimen@feddit.org 6 points 1 year ago No. They are usually superconducting magnets in persistent mode: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconducting_magnet permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 5 points 1 year ago No it is only turned off during maintenance or by an emergency kill switch. permalink fedilink source parent