UltraHamster64Small little shenanigans
MatSeFi
MehBlahMetal will ruin a CT scan. Metal will kill you in an MRI machine.
In general, metallic orthopedic implants are not affected by MRI.
This isn’t an implant though. Massive difference.
Usually titanium, but yeah sometimes medical stainless steel. Both are non-ferromagnetic, especially titanium. These balls look like they could well be normal steel or any other metal. Also, implants - unlike these metal balls - are usually screwed firmly into your bones. So yeah, implants should be mostly fine on MRI. Loose balls of dubious metal? Wouldn’t advise it. Keep in mind MRIs are literally powerful enough that metals in tattoo ink can even be an issue - which the article you linked mentions itself.
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.
Ugh, yeah, how do they even do MRIs for people with metal parts?
ValmondI 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.)
Implants are non-magnetic. Wrecks the image, though.