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<p>[QUOTE="lehmansterms, post: 3112152, member: 80804"]Quarters, not being magnetic, would be affected very little, if at all, by the magnets in an MRI. Ferrrous metals, on the other hand - well, that's why you have to have your eyes X-rayed if you've ever worked on cars for a living or any similar job in which you might have gotten rust flakes embedded in your eyes, any little bits of rust could do serious damage while jerking around under the motivation of MRI magnets.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, the quarter which was medically removed was from the digestive tract of a child. You, as an adult, have a "larger caliber" intestine and most likely passed it a long time ago.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lehmansterms, post: 3112152, member: 80804"]Quarters, not being magnetic, would be affected very little, if at all, by the magnets in an MRI. Ferrrous metals, on the other hand - well, that's why you have to have your eyes X-rayed if you've ever worked on cars for a living or any similar job in which you might have gotten rust flakes embedded in your eyes, any little bits of rust could do serious damage while jerking around under the motivation of MRI magnets. Also, the quarter which was medically removed was from the digestive tract of a child. You, as an adult, have a "larger caliber" intestine and most likely passed it a long time ago.[/QUOTE]
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