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		nness 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Man wearing metallic necklace dies after being suc... From a cursory search, seems like 1. Privacy, and 2. RF shielding of equipment behind the glass and from influencing the MRI scan itself.

bookofjoe 5 months ago [–]

Privacy is irrelevant: the MRI suite is so remote from the rest of the hospital that no one goes there who isn't supposed to be there.

Incipient 5 months ago | [–]

Except this guy in the article, I suppose...

bookofjoe 5 months ago | | [–]

That's what happens when you open a neighborhood MRI facility...

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