Philips and Disney worked together to develop pediatric MRI scan technology to reduce stress and improve image quality and ...

Health tech giant Royal Philips is launching a set of tools to help children prepare for MRI scans, keeping them calm and avoiding the need for sedation. Before the scan, pediatric patients can tap ...

One of the ongoing issues with magnetic resonance imaging is that it's often a problematic exam to conduct on pediatric patients. Such patients have to hold completely still for an extended period of ...

FARGO — Those who have patiently sat thought an MRI know it can be noisy and claustrophobic. These annoyances can even be a bit unsettling, especially for kids. Now, thanks to technology, fewer young ...

Children often require sedation to conduct MRI scans, but one SoCal hospital is using Disney magic to make scans less intimidating by blending medical imaging with familiar characters.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I know from personal experience that getting an MRI is not exactly a lot of fun. A stranger rolls you into a small tube and tells ...

When researchers in Dalhousie's NeuroCognitive Imaging Lab (NCIL) designed a huge, two-year reading comprehension study involving approximately 100 children from grades two and three, they faced a ...

The machines use characters like Mickey Mouse, Marvel heroes, and Star Wars favorites to help calm children during scans. A six-hospital study found the technology cut scan disruptions by 63% and ...

A study of 33 children's hospitals has found that use of computed tomography (CT) for the 10 most common diagnostic groups in children decreased from 2004 to 2012. Meanwhile, rates for magnetic ...

Luke Sheldon, 13, spends his free time practicing for the big screen. "I really want to be an actor," said Luke. "I don't know if it comes naturally, but it just feels great to be on stage." But it's ...

Getting a magnetic resonance imaging scan can be scary for anyone. An MRI scanner’s clicks and thumps can be especially upsetting for children. Lego employee Erik Staehr wanted to help doctors and ...