Breast MRI is usually done prone, and scans of the sternum or sternoclaviclular joints.
It doesn’t seem to make much difference, but maybe I just haven’t noticed? I did have someone who was too claustrophobic to have a pelvis scan request to go in prone (and look out). We for the scan but it was a bit compromised as the hip joints then moved with breathing.
Probably relevant, breast cancer and possible outcomes is a lot more scary than a sprained knee.
Some things that help include giving a mirror to see out, a blindfold or showing patients that both ends are open.
It’s definitely related to control somehow. Patients try to negotiate how far they go in or to come out for a few seconds. I always bring them out at that point, but once that starts it rarely ends with a complete scan.
Subjectively, the rate of claustrophobia is going up. This, despite scans getting quicker and scanners larger and more open.
It doesn’t seem to make much difference, but maybe I just haven’t noticed? I did have someone who was too claustrophobic to have a pelvis scan request to go in prone (and look out). We for the scan but it was a bit compromised as the hip joints then moved with breathing.
Probably relevant, breast cancer and possible outcomes is a lot more scary than a sprained knee.
Some things that help include giving a mirror to see out, a blindfold or showing patients that both ends are open.
It’s definitely related to control somehow. Patients try to negotiate how far they go in or to come out for a few seconds. I always bring them out at that point, but once that starts it rarely ends with a complete scan.
Subjectively, the rate of claustrophobia is going up. This, despite scans getting quicker and scanners larger and more open.