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(HealthDay News) -- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a diagnostic procedure that gives doctors a detailed view of the body's organs and other tissues.
While acceptable for most people, MRI is not recommended for everyone.
Here is a list of people from whom MRI may not be recommended, courtesy of the Pennsylvania State University's Milton S. Hershey Medical Center:
Anyone with metal in the body, including metal plates, pins or magnets.
People with pacemakers.
Women who are pregnant, as MRIs risk to a fetus is not completely understood.
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