Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is one of the most used techniques in
medicine today and around 10 percent of the patients at the University of California,
San Francisco (UCSF), mostly children, need to be brought back to the clinic for additional
imaging.
In order to ease anxiety in children, UCSF has redecorated the MRI suites into particular settings, which would allow children to imagine themselves driving a trolley or being captain of a ship while being scanned.
In order to ease anxiety in children, UCSF has redecorated the MRI suites into particular settings, which would allow children to imagine themselves driving a trolley or being captain of a ship while being scanned.
Hopefully, kids will feel more comfortable as they go into the MRI machine. If they are more relaxed, they won't move around as much, which would greatly improve image quality used for more accurate diagnoses.
Using non-magnetic parts, Cinemavision allows the patient to wear an eyepiece and headset to enjoy entertainment while lying still on the MRI table. The initiative aims to decrease the number of patients that need to be anesthetized, sedated, or to go back for extra imaging sessions.
Source: Medindia
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