Patient-reported distress and anxiety during cone-beam CT imaging sessions with increased gantry rotation speeds

Key Points

• To examine the relationship between gantry rotation speed and patient-reported anxiety during cone-beam CT imaging.
• Measured patient anxiety levels during imaging sessions.
• Compared anxiety levels after multiple exposures to increased gantry speeds.
• Recorded the median number of breath holds during imaging.
• Increased gantry rotation speed did not raise patient anxiety levels.
• Patient anxiety decreased after several exposures to the faster gantry speed.
• The median number of breath holds during imaging was 2.0.