Figure 2From: Assessment of MRI issues at 3-Tesla for metallic surgical implants: findings applied to 61 additional skin closure staples and vessel ligation clipsMRI artifacts. MRI artifacts associated with the skin closure staple (bottom) and hemostatic clip (top); (a) long axis and (b) short axis imaging planes (GRE pulse sequence; TR/TE 100-msec/15-msec; flip angle, 30 degrees; field of view, 26-cm).Back to article page