I thought you were meant to take it off for CT or MRI scan. More feedback from other users would be very useful to all members.
https://www.freestyle.abbott/us-en/safety-information.html
Abbott says the effect of CT or MRI scans on sensors has not been evaluated! Why on earth not? Isn’t it a medical device used by thousands of people?
Hi, I am talking about weighing scales doing lean body mass. Scales like that has sensors where a weak eletric current flows through the body and the voltage is measured in order to calculate impedance (resistance) of the body. The biompedance scales manual says you can not perform the procedure wearing any metal acessory.
Firstly, if we consider the conduction path involved, the current passes mainly up one leg, across the torso, and down the other leg. If you wear the sensor on an arm, then it is outside of the conduction path and will have minimum impact on the readings. The second consideration, these scales are not considered to be the epitome of accuracy and really only work when using trend analysis rather than spot checks. So again it is not likely you will notice any difference.
Dunno, and it is unlikely that Abbott has an answer either. Question, if the sensor can be damaged by such force fields, then it matters not if it is plumbed into your arm or carried in the luggage that gets scanned even if you don't: it will be zapped. Thus I suspect that although it is not proven to be safe or otherwise, there would be small risk of damage to the sensor itself. What may be affected is more likely to be the electronics doing the measuring which may suffer interference effects and temporarily give a bum reading.
