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Claustrophobic
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You may have arrived at this web page because you suffer
from claustrophobia or anxiety
and you are worried
about having an MRI scan.
The London Upright MRI Centre operates
the only truly open MRI scanner in England. Since we opened in June
last year, we have successfully scanned every claustrophobic patient
referred to us; even those who have previously been unable to tolerate
other "open scanners".
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London
Upright MRI Centre Telephone:
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Information
for claustrophobia sufferers who have been unable to have the benefit of
an MRI scan. Details of a new open upright MRI scanner with a 100% success
rate of scanning claustrophobics and anxiety sufferers. The London Upright
MRI Centre has Britain’s first open upright MRI scanner. You can
walk into the scanner and, depending on which part of you is being scanned,
you sit, lie slightly backward, lie horizontally or even stand in some
cases. At all times, you will be able to see around you and you can watch
a DVD on our plasma screen monitor. When the scan is finished you simply
walk out.Most claustrophobia sufferers cannot endure the closed in sensation
of a conventional tunnel MRI scanner. Even so called Open and Wide open
MRI scanners cause panic and distress.For claustrophobics, having to lie
still in a confined space for a long time, feeling trapped and not being
able to see out is highly stressful. It is quite understandable that children
can be particularly anxious inside a conventional MRIscanner. What patients
are saying: After several conventional MRI scans that have been made a
misery by panic-inducing claustrophobia, I finally discovered the answer.
My last scan at the London Upright MRI Centre was a breeze as I could stand
in an open-fronted scanner, watching a DVD during the 40-minute procedure
- and it was so relaxed and comfortable. Reproduced with the kind permission
of Sally X, a patient at London Upright MRI Centre.
