mjl1717
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If someone has a hip prosthesis can they have a C.T or M.R.I.?
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| meg
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their presence is not a problem as such (like it does not affect the patient), but it could distort the image. I think the signal is digitally modulated to adjust the distortions.
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| mjl1717
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Actually the image would not show with MRI-I understand titanium is not magnetic..ThankYou
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| alice8
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CT is ok,but MR not...patient would suffer from great pain at the location of prosthesis after these procedure
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| Medicine Guy
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Ya CT should be ok, but MRI i will have to check on
with a radiologist friend. Any radiologist friend here please.
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