Firearm safety in the MR imaging environment

Emanuel Kanal; Ali Shaibani

doi:10.1148/radiology.193.3.7972840

Firearm safety in the MR imaging environment

Emanuel Kanal^*, Ali Shaibani

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Radiology

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Abstract

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 Each firearm was withdrawn barrel-first to assess the interaction of the magnetic field with the hammer and/or trigger.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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	875-876
Number of pages	2
Journal	Radiology
Volume	193
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.193.3.7972840
State	Published - Dec 1994

Keywords

Firearms
Magnetic resonance (MR), safety

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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