Why you can't wear yoga clothes in an MRI: The fibers may burn your skin

High-tech athletic clothes

(

made with

anti-odor

fabrics

)

are popular

. But

they also come with a

little-known

health hazard

: The

apparel

may be

infused

with metal fibers

(

that can cause burns in an

MRI

)

."It's like putting your skin up against a

hot plate

,"

said Dr. Hollis Potter

, chairman of the radiology and imaging department at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City.

Lululemon

, one of the largest athletic apparel brands,

boasts

on its website

(

that

its "Silverescent" technology infuses silver fibers into fabric to make it "stink-stopping."

)

But the company declined to discuss

(

which of its clothes may contain metal fiber

)

.

重點詞匯釋義：

anti-odor (網(wǎng)絡(luò)）防臭

little-known 鮮為人知的

apparel n.(商店出售的)服裝；(尤指正式場合穿的)衣服

infused 使具有，注入;泡;泡制;沏;全面影響;infuse的過去分詞和過去式

MRI 磁共振成像;核磁共振成像

hot plate 熱板;電熱板；輕便電爐；

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為什么你不能穿瑜伽服做核磁共振：纖維可能會灼傷你的皮膚

防臭面料制成的高科技運動服很受歡迎。但它們也有一個鮮為人知的健康危害：這些衣服可能含有金屬纖維，在核磁共振成像中會導(dǎo)致燒傷。“這就像把你的皮膚放在電熱板上，”紐約市特殊外科醫(yī)院放射和成像科主任霍利斯·波特博士說。最大的運動服裝品牌之一Lululemon在其網(wǎng)站上吹噓，其“Silverescent”技術(shù)將銀纖維注入織物中，使其“除臭”。但該公司拒絕討論其哪些衣服可能含有金屬纖維。 來自華盛頓郵報（The Washington Post）