▲ 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
[–] 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