Comment on Small little shenanigans

• PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Isn’t that just because they use non-magnetic metals for implants?

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  • gens@programming.dev ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Titanium, afaik

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  • wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    And that’s zinc shot.

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    • PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca ⁨45⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      I know it’s my name, but I have to congratulate you on the excellent pedantry!

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    • FishFace@piefed.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      How on earth can you tell the difference between steel and zinc at a glance?

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      • wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Zinc has a characteristic blue tint and oxidizes to white.

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• ilikecoffee@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  In general, metallic orthopedic implants are not affected by MRI. 

  This isn’t an implant though. Massive difference.

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  • toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I soon expect to have screws implanted in my spine. I also have other infirmities. I hope like hell to never have screws ripped through my vertebrae by an MRI.

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    • Kornblumenratte@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Implants are non-magnetic. Wrecks the image, though.

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      • toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Hopefully they don’t need to do an MRI of my spine after they operate on it - apparently for their sake, not mine.

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    • HurricaneLiz@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Ugh, yeah, how do they even do MRIs for people with metal parts?

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      • toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I think, as someone else said, things installed into the body are usually titanium and thus non ferrous. Fortunately they don’t generally cause issues with MRIs as a result.

        (I only know this because when I broke my ankle, during the pre-surgery interview, I asked the surgeon about going through metal scanners at an airport.)

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      • Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Non ferrous metal.

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  • MehBlah@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    What are implants made of? Stainless for the most part.

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