Advice on MRI needed.

"Peter Jason" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I have to have my knees MRIed next week and I wonder if
anyone has been through this procedure and what should I
expect. I read once that it

was

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was possible to "feel" the radiation during the scan.

I have Ti implants in my jaw and hope this will not be a
complication.

You will feel and hear quite a racket, banging and such
noise for about 20-30 minutes. Your titanium implants won't
be affected, and there is no "radiation" as such, just a
powerful magnetic field, which you won't feel at all.

HMc

"Howard McCollister" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"Peter Jason" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I have to have my knees MRIed next week and I wonder if
anyone has been through this procedure and what should I
expect. I read once that it

was

Quoted message said:

was possible to "feel" the radiation during the scan.

I have Ti implants in my jaw and hope this will not be a
complication.

You will feel and hear quite a racket, banging and such
noise for about 20-30 minutes. Your titanium implants
won't be affected, and there is no "radiation" as such,
just a powerful magnetic field, which you won't feel

at

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all.

HMc

Thanks, I'll report back after tuesday. With two knees, this
must take 1 hour!

Peter Jason said:

Thanks, I'll report back after tuesday.

Please, don't feel obligated to.

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With two knees, this must take 1 hour!

No, they're scanned simultaneously.