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.
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.