Interethnic variation in the prevalence of claustrophobia during MRI at Singapore General Hospital: does a wider bore MR scanner help?

Background and objectives: It is estimated that 60 million magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans are performed annually around the world. Of these, 25% of patients experienced moderate to severe claustrophobia during the procedure. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and interethn...

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Main Authors: Salem Ah Sing Koh, Weiling Lee, Rosherinna Rahmat, Parag Ratnakar Salkade, Huihua Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-12-01
Series:Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2010105817695819