MRI Preparation

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Arrive 10 minutes prior to scan time in order to fill out necessary paperwork
You will change into MRI facility scrubs prior to being scanned
For your comfort, use the restroom before undergoing the procedure, which may take a long period of time (usually, MRI procedure can lasts 15 to 90 minutes, based on the type of the performed procedure)
The scanner operator will review your MRI screening form prior to scan
Make sure that you remove:
- Metal jewelry (e.g., necklaces, pins, rings).
- Hair accessories (e.g., hair pins, bobby pins, barrettes, clips, etc.)
- All dentures, false teeth, partial dental plates.
- Your watch, pager, cell phone, credit and bank cards and all other cards with a magnetic strip.
- Undergarments.
- Body piercing objects.
- Eyeglasses.
- Hearing aids.
- Shoes.
Lock up all personal items in locker
Express any concerns that you may have to the scanner operator before entering the scanner

You will be required to use the ear plugs and/or headphones that we supply for use during your MRI examination to protect you from the noise levels that caused by the scanner as this could affect your hearing.
You will be provided with a squeezable ball to keep in your hand. You can squeeze this ball if you need to speak to the operator duriing the scan.
You will then be positioned comfortably on the bed and a coil (a device that generates/receives the radio frequency pulses) will be placed around the part needed to be scanned before enter the scanner bore (cylinder).
Moving the imaged part of your body will distort the image. Therefore, you will be asked to stay still during the procedure.
You will be asked also to avoid crossing your wrists/hands or legs/ankles in order to avoid creating a potential electric current loop.