Relation Between Imaging Results, Previous Knowledge and Discomfort, and Pain During Procedure
Claustrophobia | Exhaustion | Pain | Knowledge | |||||
Category | Some too much (n = 12) | Not at all (n = 33) | Some too much (n = 12) | Not at all (n = 33) | Any level of pain (n = 17) | Not at all (n = 29) | Some to very much (n = 34) | Not at all (n = 12) |
Artifacts | ||||||||
No | 12 | 32 | 11 | 33 | 16 | 29 | 33 | 12 |
Minor | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Major | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lesion conspicuity | ||||||||
Excellent | 12 | 33 | 12 | 33 | 17 | 29 | 34 | 12 |
Intermediate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Poor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Extent of image impairment | ||||||||
All anatomic regions fully diagnostic | 12 | 33 | 12 | 33 | 17 | 29 | 34 | 12 |
Occasional regions impaired | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Several regions impaired | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Overall diagnostic accuracy | ||||||||
Fully diagnostic | 12 | 33 | 12 | 33 | 17 | 29 | 34 | 12 |
Minor impairment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Major impairment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Image findings | ||||||||
No metastases | 4 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 6 |
Occasional (1–5) | 7 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 6 |
Many (≥6) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 |