Abstract #2223

Potentially hazardous materials left behind after an MRI installation

Ken E Sakaie¹, Wanyong Shin¹, and Lowe J Mark¹

¹Imaging Institute, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States

We share our experience discovering and removing metallic objects left behind after a routine MRI hardware upgrade. The results suggest that vigilance is necessary despite the routine nature of such an upgrade.

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