Radiologist here. Yes the techs are supposed to have the patients remove all metal items (or any clothing likely to cause issues in the image quality) but in practice this is highly variable between locations/technologists. Sometimes the tech is never made to redo the image and so gets sloppy over time. Sometimes things are rushed and a mistake happens. For all we know this image was acquired, tech realized the problem and asked for belt to be removed then redid the image.
One of my favorites was a gal who had panties on that had rhinestones spelling out “SEXY.” They were tiny and so it was kind of just a little subtle in the image but hilarious once you spotted it.
In a medical setting we would never do an X-ray like this. Maybe airport security scanning or something like that, but this would mean you were a incompetent bad xray tech in a medical setting.
I’d peg this one as a maybe. I have helped move foks onto the CT machine. I’ve wheeled patients into the x-ray rooms and watched as they get imaged before once again wheeling them to the next place. I’d say I have a fair bit of experience in this, and rarely do I see clothes actually being removed or them being cut off. Trauma? Sure, cut off the clothes (but only to the point necessary; you won’t see pants cut off if CPR is started, just the top stuff).
If the purpose of the image wasn’t near the belt line, like a chest X-ray, I could absolutely see this appearing as a side note way at the bottom.
I’ve had a ton of X-rays but never had to remove my clothes for them… Cat scan, yes, but not X-ray.
I think it depends on what is being x-rayed. I’ve always had to change into a gown if what was being x-rayed was covered by normal clothes.
I love how shitpost bot spam always has all the timestamps removed.
What did you find in the region under examination?
His belt buckle, his huge smartphone in one pocket (now fried), and a wallet full of change in the other!
And inside the body?
Dunno, we couldn’t see it under all the stuff!
People in here are calling bullshit on the bullshit, but I think it makes sense they’d remove obvious obstructions to the image like a belt buckle, even if they didn’t know it went further in the belt. The guy can hold his pants up for the duration of the procedure.
This could also easily be an x-ray from a security device at an airport or similar
