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Ferrous Detection Systems:
This Is Not Your Father's Metal Detector.

After the young boy in New York was killed by a flying oxygen cylinder during a post operative scan in 2001, lawyers, risk managers and administrators foisted airport-style metal detectors on MRI departments with the intention of improving safety. Many are still there, unplugged and collecting dust...

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