Patient calming arrangements

A technology of patients and screens, applied in the direction of measuring devices, adjusting magnetic variables, sensors, etc., can solve the problems of system cost and performance disadvantage and impact, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-09-26
SIEMENS MAGNET TECH
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However, these measures have a significant and detrimental impact on system cost and performance

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[0022] Referring now to FIG. 1 , an MRI scanner 10 is shown comprising a patient support 20 disposed in a patient space 30 of the scanner through which a patient is moved while lying on the support 20 for examination. . It should be appreciated that the patient moves in the axial direction of the patient space 30 and the patient support 20 extends in the axial direction.

[0023] Specific reference is made by way of example only to an MRI imaging system ("scanner"), although the present invention may be advantageously applied to any medical system involving the confinement of a patient within and / or the movement of a patient through a patient space. It should be understood, however, that the present invention is applicable to all such medical systems.

[0024] For cost and other practical reasons, the radius of the patient space (e.g. 30) tends to be small enough to induce or heighten anxiety in some patients, if a sufficient number of patients cannot be persuaded to perform ...

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The present invention provides an arrangement for presenting visual images, for example to a patient to be investigated by a scanning medical apparatus of the kind having a patient volume intended to accommodate part at least of the patient; the arrangement comprising visual display means including at least one screen so disposed in relation to said apparatus as to display said images during approach of the patient to and/or during scanning of the patient by said apparatus; and means for supplying said at least one screen with images derived from part at least of the environment of said scanning apparatus, such that the images displayed to the patient reveal features of said environment which the patient would see directly, were the scanning apparatus not there.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to devices for sedating a patient during examinations with certain medical systems, such as MRI or CT scans, which may involve confining the patient within and / or moving the patient through a patient space that It may look like a tunnel to some patients and thus cause uneasiness, or even trigger a panic attack. This patient space can be a tubular bore in scanners that use solenoidal magnets, or it can be a more open space in scanners with other configurations such as C-shaped, H-shaped, or Temple-shaped magnets , which is known to those skilled in the art. Background technique [0002] The psychological impact of these detection systems on the patient is a primary consideration in the design of an MRI system when the patient is preparing for and during the examination. In particular, claustrophobic responses can significantly reduce patient throughput due to patients refusing to enter the system or "pressing the panic sw...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A61B5/055A61B6/03G01R33/28
CPCG01R33/283
Inventor R·P·戈尔
Owner SIEMENS MAGNET TECH
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