MRI for patients with autism: evaluating radiologic technologists’ awareness and practice in Saudi healthcare settings
Njoud Aldusary, Sameeh Alharbi, Adnan A. S. Alahmadi, Ali H. Alghamdi, Arwa Baeshen, Jaber Alsalah, Ali S. Alyami · 2026
Read MRI for patients with autism: evaluating radiologic technologists’ awareness and practice in Saudi healthcare settings by Njoud Aldusary, Sameeh Alharbi, Adnan A. S. Alahmadi, Ali H. Alghamdi, Arwa Baeshen, Jaber Alsalah, Ali S. Alyami (2026) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/PMC13495419.txt.
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Njoud Aldusary and colleagues survey, in a 2026 study, how ready Saudi radiologic technologists feel to scan patients with autism. MRI is loud, tight, and still, a hard mix for people with sensory sensitivity, and technologists carry the front line of that challenge. The team sent a questionnaire to 335 technologists and interviewed eight more.
Knowledge scores came out fairly high, yet only about one in eight had formal training in autism care. Practice and training scores were weak, with about half the group in the low range. Training and practice scores moved together slightly. Interviews named three themes: gaps in knowledge, wide swings in day-to-day practice, and a hunger for clear rules. The authors urge tailored training and standard protocols so that what technologists know becomes what patients experience.
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| CREATOR | Njoud Aldusary, Sameeh Alharbi, Adnan A. S. Alahmadi, Ali H. Alghamdi, Arwa Baeshen, Jaber Alsalah, Ali S. Alyami |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
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| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 54360 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |