I love your vision, I love your message, and I want to add on. There is a much more common MRI safety fact that people really need to be aware of: radiofrequency burns.
Here's a poster from the U.S. FDA! In summary:
- Do not wear any street clothes into an MRI. That includes socks and underwear.
- Let the ordering doctor and technician know if you have any tattoos.
- Do not make skin-to-skin contact with yourself. No clasping your hands, crossing your legs, grasping your hips. Fat and particularly large patients, ask your technician for additional padding to insulate.
- Do not have a coiled call cord or have it touching you. The alert button should remain in your hand for easing pressing, but tell the technician if it's wrapped up or pressed against you.
- Press the alert button and let the technician know ASAP if you start feeling hot. If it's psychosomatic, you moving or trying to get out due to panic will negate the ability to take clear imaging. If it's somatic, that is a pain signal that you are burning. Either way, imaging should stop for readjustments.
I got singed from my last MRI due to an inexperienced technician. The sensation went from "huh, did they turn on a heater?" to "why do I feel like I'm being baked". It was kind of similar to the feeling of drinking alcohol or getting CT contrast. Not painful, but uncomfortable and bizarre.
Thankfully, things were very easily sorted after I spoke up. The sensation stopped immediately, and imaging proceeded smoothly after some quick adjustments. My burn was comparable to a mild sunburn (minus the radiation), and it was gone in a couple days. This is also the only time I've ever had this happen in an MRI.
In summary: be honest with your care providers, and communicate with them if something feels wrong.