What happens to those little slivers of steel in you?you ask. They are rapidly removed from your hands, provide a fine mist of a blood splatter on the inside of the MRI tube, almost instantly become incandescent, appear to evaporate and get the 2 MRI operators/medical tech personel VERY excited. Oh and housekeeping gets a litttle XXXXX when they have to decontaminate the inside of the MRI; I told them I would do it if they gave me some paper towels& Lysol.
Moral of the story: during the orbital xray hold your hands, palms facing outward along side your head. If they find any ferous metal they will remove it in a less dramatic fashion