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by bpye 811 days ago
Does this possibly depend on the field strength? I was asked to change into a hospital gown when I had an MRI a couple years ago.
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This is standard practice at many places and should be standard everywhere.

The American College of Radiology say the below [1].

‘it is advisable to require that the patients or research subjects wear site-supplied MR Safe scrubs or gowns in place of their own clothing and undergarments in the region undergoing direct RF irradiation.’

Slightly odd - this appears to be about burns rather than projectile risk. Anecdotally, sites that don’t change patients have more accidents.

[1] https://www.acr.org/-/media/ACR/Files/Radiology-Safety/MR-Sa...