Use of virtual reality distraction to reduce claustrophobia symptoms during a mock magnetic resonance imaging brain scan: A case report

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 485-488

  Garcia Palacios, Azucena ^a   Hoffman, Hunter G ^b,c,d   Richards, Todd R ^c   Seibel, Eric J ^b   Sharar, Sam R ^d  

^a Universidad Jaume I de Castellón   (Spain)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CLAUSTROPHOBIA; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSIC; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SELF CONCEPT; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; PHOBIC DISORDERS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 34347257109     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2006.9926     Document Type: Article

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