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Magnetic resonance imaging is a powerful diagnostic tool capable of assisting physicians in finding diseases and injuries throughout the body. Claustrophobic people, however, often avoid these ...

For many people, the thought alone of an MRI is enough to cause a full-blown panic attack. Approximately 9 percent of people have a clinical diagnosis of claustrophobia or a fear of enclosed places, ...

PEORIA — Any patient who has undergone an MRI scan can understand lying inside a noisy, mechanical tube for up to an hour is not necessarily enjoyable. While the scan isn't painful, it can be ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: About three years ago, I experienced pain in my knee. The doctor told me I needed an MRI. I have claustrophobia and was given a pill to take an hour before the procedure. I think that ...

New equipment offers relief for patients who fear tight spaces or are too large to fit into a normal MRI scanning machine. Thirteen years ago, a car wreck forced Roger Judd to get an MRI scan of his ...

The thought of an MRI scanner, a coffinlike, hard-plastic tube with a ceiling just inches above the patient’s eyes, has long filled Patrice Mitchell with dread. The 64-year-old freelance editor and ...

Houston Northwest Medical Center at 710 FM 1960 has installed an Open Bore, 1.5 Tesla, Magnetic Resonance Imaging system that combines a larger bore, or opening, for obese and claustrophobic patients, ...

Dear Dr. Roach: About three years ago, I experienced pain in my knee. The doctor told me I needed an MRI. I have claustrophobia and was given a pill to take an hour before the procedure. I think that ...