Monday, February 20, 2017

A London hospital is using VR to make medical testing more comfortable for children. Kings College Hospital teamed with the Google Play Specialist team to create an app thatwhen worn before an MRIhelps kids understand the procedure through an immersive VR experience. The app provides a 360-degree view of the process while a radiographer explains how it worksincluding what happens during and after the scan, The Next Web reported. If youre lucky enough to never have had one, MRIs require the patient to remain perfectly still. This can be understandably difficult for kids. According to Kings representatives The VR technology allows children to feel as though they are inside an MRI scanner and experience what it will be like on the day. Children have the opportunity to get accustomed to the loud tapping noises that happen during the scanas well as learning that they need to keep still for the duration of the scan.

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