More than one million children globally have used the LEGO MRI Scanner in hospitals to help them prepare for MRI scans through play-based learning. 96% of healthcare professionals say the model helps ...
The whir of an otherworldly machine coupled with the claustrophobic requirement of staying completely still while a doctor peeks at your organs isn’t exactly a recipe for comfort — no matter the age ...
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 you to remain perfectly still. Then unseen gears and magnets start to ...
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 ...
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 ...