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I'm surprised they let him in the waiting area with that much metal moving around. Back in the day when I built MRI rooms and such, I remember the engineers looking hard at ANY metal that moved in the area. Elevator counterweights from 50 yards away got a look....
As for the claustrophobia thing, I'm happy I've never had an MRI. I was involved with the earliest MRI's back when they were still experimental. I think I worked on the 4th one ever installed in the US. You have no idea what a small bore really looked like. My shoulders were to big to even go into the hole. I wish I had a picture of it... Decommissioned it (finally!) in the early 90's, sold it for $10k to a company to use it in a veterinary practice. Had to crane it out through a second story glass wall. Fun times.
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