Disney Characters to Counter Kids' Fears During MRI Scans

Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Buzz and Woody, Marvel superheroes and ‘Star Wars' favorites are being incorporated into Philips ...

Disney transforms MRIs to help calm kids during scans; O.C. hospital first in U.S. rollout

Children undergoing stressful MRI scans could soon be comforted by familiar Disney characters like Mickey Mouse, Marvel ...

Disney, Philips launch themed MRI scanners to comfort children

Disney has collaborated with Dutch health-tech multinational Philips to create themed MRI scanners for children undergoing ...

At Rady Children’s in Orange, Disney characters in MRI rooms aim to ease scan anxiety

Philips and The Walt Disney Company are rolling out a Disney-themed MRI experience aimed at making scans less stressful for ...

Disney and Philips bring together beloved storytelling and innovative technology to support kids undergoing MRI exams

(NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) and The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) today announced that beloved Disney animated characters and ...
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Calderdale Royal Hospital becomes first NHS site to launch Disney-themed MRI scanners for children

Calderdale Royal Hospital has become the first NHS hospital to introduce Disney-themed MRI scanners designed to make scans ...
Advanced Television

Disney, Philips partner to support kids undergoing MRI exams

Royal Philips and The Walt Disney Company announced that a variety of Disney animated characters and stories are being ...
Politifact

Good Enough to Be True: Lego donated model MRI scanners to comfort children

A Lego employee and physicians at a Danish hospital first developed a Lego model of a magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, machine, in 2015 to help children understand the procedure and feel ...
Medical Xpress

Virtual/augmented reality play set eases kids' and parents' anxieties ahead of MRI scan

Giving children a virtual/augmented (mixed) reality play set to use ahead of an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scan seems to ease both their and their parents' anxieties about this procedure, ...
Wired

NHS virtual reality app helps take the fear and anxiety out of MRI scans

Jonathan Ashmore, a resident physicist at King’s College Hospital, keeps a pair of sound-cancelling headphones on his desk. He dons them every time a very young patient arrives at the MRI scanner in ...