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Re:Metal chair near MRI machine by india on Wednesday June 09, 2010 @01:30AM (#1416265)
It's called MRI quenching and dangerous it can be[1].

[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R7KsfosV-o

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Re:Metal chair near MRI machine by InclinedPlane on Wednesday June 09, 2010 @02:04AM (#1416304)
Modern high-field superconducting MRI magnets can hold tens of megajoules of stored magnetic field energy, equivalent to the explosive energy in several kilograms of TNT.
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