Typically artifacts show from some type of metal showing up on the scan. This could be surgical devices, dental implants, bullets and/or shrapnel can also show artifact.
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Typically artifacts show from some type of metal showing up on the scan. This could be surgical devices, dental implants, bullets and/or shrapnel can also show artifact.
I have a plate in my head since 1975. I am trying to have a picture of it. However, all the radiologists I've been to, can't see it. It wasn't taken out. Why they cannot see it?