Challenging because many patients experience claustrophobia once inside the MRI machine -- and little wonder. First, they are ...

After five years of planning and approvals and a year of construction, Gunnison Valley Hospital is celebrating the grand ...

The hospital also upgraded its machinery to house a wide-bore MRI machine, which offers more space to reduce claustrophobia for patients. The suite also has ambient lighting, which decreases the ...

Panorama HFOs 360° panoramic viewing angle and spacious 160 cm-wide patient aperture ... a comfortable MRI experience for even the most frail, anxious, elderly or claustrophobic patients.

A standard MRI machine weighs 4,500 kilograms ... There is a strip of glass placed at eye level for the patient to look out of during the procedure, reducing feelings of claustrophobia. Garwood said ...

and for patients who are suffering from severe claustrophobia, who may feel anxious in the enclosed space of the MRI machine. Despite these limitations, the benefits of MRI in providing high ...