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She didn't realize she was doing it until I mentioned it to her though, she said she was just focussing on different things.
When dental assisting, it has been challenging to discover how many people have no voluntary control over their own tongues.
MRI tech here: I’m surprised how many appear to have no control over their limbs. Please keep still.
E.g. a hand is easy to keep still if it rests on a mold of a hand (doesn't even need to be the same hand as long as it matches roughly in size). This also provides a reference for the person, so they know where to keep their hand.
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MRI tech here: I’m surprised how many appear to have no control over their limbs. Please keep still.
On behalf of patients, we're sorry! The first time I had an MRI, my tech told me over the speaker that I was moving around too much. I was really surprised as I'd thought I was staying completely still! I had another one more recently in which I apparently did much better. The trick for me seems to be to focus on my breathing and mental relaxation rather than trying to consciously "hold still."
I do try not to be mean - some of my kind don’t!
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MRI tech here: I’m surprised how many appear to have no control over their limbs. Please keep still.
Don't make me contort into an awkward position inside a screaming metal disk then :(
But broadly, yes.
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Yeah. I've been able to do this for years. Not immediately, but with some concentration and focus when standing in front of a mirror. Works probably 75-80% of the time. So, "impossible feat"... how would they even think that?
If it takes time and is not wholly reliable, it sounds like you might be using one of the "indirect methods" they mentioned in the article.
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MRI tech here: I’m surprised how many appear to have no control over their limbs. Please keep still.
Hint: it's easier to keep limbs still if you can rest them against some rigid part in at least 2 dimensions, and from a comfortable position of the rest of the body. E.g. a hand is easy to keep still if it rests on a mold of a hand (doesn't even need to be the same hand as long as it matches roughly in size). This also provides a reference for the person, so they know where to keep their hand.
Comfort (pillows and blanket), sandbags, sponges, straps, tape, coaxing, as-short-as-reasonable imaging protocols and a good explanation are all standard.
It usually isn’t direct movement of the part we are scanning that’s an issue. But things like shuffling hips, stretching arms and wriggling shoulders are a problem when resolution is something like 0.25mm in plane for your foot or knee.
We can tie you down but prefer not to.
When dental assisting, it has been challenging to discover how many people have no voluntary control over their own tongues.
Am I missing something?
When dental assisting, it has been challenging to discover how many people have no voluntary control over their own tongues.
MRI tech here: I’m surprised how many appear to have no control over their limbs. Please keep still.
Standing still, now there I have all the problems.