Firearm safety in the MR imaging environment.
The safety of small-caliber firearms in a 1.5-T magnetic resonance (MR) imaging environment was assessed with six handguns, which were unloaded before testing. Each firearm was withdrawn barrel-first to assess the interaction of the magnetic field with the hammer and/or trigger. Two of the six weapons discharged reproducibly. A firearm in an MR imaging suite should be unloaded before removal or any other manipulation is attempted.
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Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA.
Shaibani
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D005389:Firearms; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008280:Magnetics; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital; D012449:Safety; D012637:Security Measures; D014481:United States