Talk:Euphoria, Part 1

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Magnets Does this belong here as a goof, or is there perhaps somewhere more broad to place it on wikipedia, as it's not the first time I've noticed it in TV/film

When determining if the bullet is feromagnetic (enough) or not they place it in the MRI. I can appreciate the scene, it was cool, they make it look like the cadaver is raise it's head as the bullet gets sucked back out. My point is the magnetic field isn't something you just turn on, but it seems to only apply when dramatically appropriate. The bullet would have been influenced by it as soon as they got into the room, not when they start the RF??? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by J-Kama-Ka-C (talk • contribs) 11:53, 24 January 2007 (UTC).

According to MRI, electromagnets are most common in MRI machines, so you really can just turn it on and off. --Sopoforic 23:41, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

I was actually assuming it was the superconducting variety, but it has been my understanding that turning those off would defeat the purpose (and high expense) of keeping it at very low temperature: in order to keep current moving. This is something I've assumed, but I can't actually find it stated. However MRI does suggest a method of flipping the direction of the field: However however, this may only be doable with the resistive electromagnet variety?

Whatever the truth, one has to wonder why House didn't simply tap the bullet with one of those fridge magnets 'case room' J-Kama-Ka-C 21:55, 8 February 2007 (UTC)