Re: Re: MRI Claustrophobia/Steve/Lyndi

[Guest guest]

wrote:

> My question to the Docs and Engineers is why do you have to go in

> head first for a spinal or lumbar MRI exam? Why couldn't they have

> designed these multi-million dollar machines so you could go in feet

> first? A person's head would not enter the machine very far at all.

> That would certainly reduce patient anxiety, strain on the ear drums,

> overall stress, etc.

That's far too logical . When it comes to patient comfort,

medical design engineers are not very logical. <grin>

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Lyndi