For your safety

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• Certain invisible metallic microfibers in garments have been reported to heat during an MRI scan. Changing out of street clothes helps minimize this risk. 

• Magnetic eyelashes

• Medication administration pumps or on body injectors, e.g. insulin, chemotherapy, pain medication

• On body monitor, e.g. blood glucose monitor

• Pacemaker or internal defibrillator and leads or abandoned leads

• Metal clips, e.g. Aneurysm clip

• Nerve or tissue stimulators, e.g. Vagus Nerve Stimulator, Deep Brain Stimulator, TENS unit

• Tissue expanders

• Stents, filter or coils or a programmable shunt

• Wire mesh implant

• Implants of any kind, heart, penile, medication administration

• Medication patch, e.g. pain, hormonal, nicotine, etc.

• Hearing aids

• Metallic slivers, shavings, shrapnel, or other foreign body in tissue or eyes

• Wet diaper or absorbent pad

• Surgical staples, clips or metallic sutures

• Dentures, partial plates, bridge or dental implants

• Body piercing, jewelry, hardware or dermal piercing

• Tattoos or permanent makeup

• Joint replacements, prosthetics

• Pins, screws, nail, wires or plates

• IUD, diaphragm, or pessary

• Radiation seeds or implants