A sense of space in the core of the bore: Enhancing the MRI experience through use of spatial audio.

Autor: Panteliodi E; InHealth Group, Beechwood Hall, Kingsmead Road, High Wycombe, Bucks, HP11 1JL, UK., Hudson D; InHealth Group, Beechwood Hall, Kingsmead Road, High Wycombe, Bucks, HP11 1JL, UK; Department of Psychology, University of Exeter, Streatham Campus, UK. Electronic address: darren.hudson@inhealthgroup.com.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Radiography (London, England : 1995) [Radiography (Lond)] 2024 Aug; Vol. 30 (5), pp. 1451-1454. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 13.
DOI: 10.1016/j.radi.2024.07.019
Abstrakt: Background: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) continues to be an imaging technique that causes anxiety and concern for many patients. One longstanding approach that helps many patients is listening to music as a distraction technique during a scan. However, despite improvements in scanner technology itself, the means of providing music in this way has hardly changed, and so there may be opportunity to utilise emerging approaches in audio technology to further enhance the positive effect beyond simple distraction alone.
Objectives: The aim of this technical note is to introduce spatial audio and its potential application in the MRI setting to create a sense of space within the confined environment of a scanner.
Findings: Initial feedback from a few patients indicate that spatial audio music may indeed enhance the perception of space within the MRI scanner, potentially mitigating or lowering feelings of claustrophobia and anxiety.
Conclusion: Spatial audio could enhance the sense of space felt within an MRI scanner, but research is needed to evidence whether this would indeed have an improved effect compared to rot conventional audio.
Implications for Practice: This technical note sets the stage for further exploration of spatial audio technology within the setting of MRI to help adjust cognitive appraisal and concern over its confined nature. Providing music through this means could be another approach to help patients manage a scan and improve their experience of it.
Competing Interests: Conflict of interest statement There are no conflicts of interest to declare.
(Copyright © 2024 The College of Radiographers. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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