Friday, January 22, 2016

MRIs for children: From terror to adventure




By turning medical scans into adventures, GE eases children's fears. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1/21/2016)
Variety of themes. The series consists of a variety of themes for the different tests. For an MRI, it is a space voyage, with technicians telling children that the spaceship is about to go into hyper-drive when the machine becomes loud. For a PET scan, it is Camp Cozy, because children need to be calm and the test takes about 45 minutes. GE Healthcare also has developed themes for specific hospitals. For a children's hospital in San Francisco, for example, it designed a theme around cable cars.

Most children need to be sedated when using standard medical imaging equipment.

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