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I've been in an MRI scanner. It's not a calming experience by any measure. The shape of the thing is all wrong, the parts that move are unnerving, and it emits
by kstenerud 3y ago
I've been in an MRI scanner. It's not a calming experience by any measure. The shape of the thing is all wrong, the parts that move are unnerving, and it emits a stress-inducing sound. This is one device that REALLY needs a UX person to take a look at its outer design.
- lostlogin 3y agoA lot of patients every day end up asleep and a fair few say they wish it was longer. I’d be in that group. The noise is often described as a relaxing ‘white noise’ by this group. The outer shells are different between vendors and the Philips ones I trained on definitely looked more ominous than the Siemens ones I use now. The unnerving movement is partially due to the magnet interacting with the inner ear. It creates a sort of vertigo. Explaining this to someone who is anxious seems to help ‘it’s not you freaking out, it’s what magnets do to your inner ear and it eases after a few deep breaths’. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4409466/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4409466/
- hansthehorse 3y agoI routinely fall asleep during longer scans. It may be because I've become very familiar with the process.
- brewtide 3y agoYou don't like jackhammers above your head when listening to whatever cassette tape (I'm old!) you brought in being piped to your ears via ... Aquarium tubes? Don't move equates to my face itches, immediately.
- lostlogin 3y agoIt really does. And MRI causes peripheral nerve stimulation when run enthusiastically. We love fast gradient switching but hate the movement.
- lampington 3y agoReally? I rather like the German industrial techno they play while you're in it.