{"id":20286,"date":"2021-08-20T10:28:28","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T15:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/?p=20286"},"modified":"2025-10-21T12:17:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T18:17:32","slug":"kings-college-london-desarrollo-sistema-de-realidad-virtual-para-mejorar-la-experiencia-de-pacientes-en-resonancia-magnetica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/big-data\/kings-college-london-desarrollo-sistema-de-realidad-virtual-para-mejorar-la-experiencia-de-pacientes-en-resonancia-magnetica\/","title":{"rendered":"King's College London developed virtual reality system to improve the MRI patient experience"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A new article in Scientific Reports provided details on virtual reality (VR)-based interactive technology for patients undergoing MRI.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Researchers at King's College London developed this VR technology, with the aim of helping patients who have difficulty with MRI scans, especially children or people who suffer from cognitive problems or conditions such as claustrophobia.<\/p>

Through the School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences of the mentioned institution, the main researcher, Dr. Kun Qian, explained that they looked for different ways to allow children and vulnerable people not to have major problems when undergoing an MRI.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The experience of entering a tunnel, in a small space, with noise and also staying still can be complicated. Some patients, especially children, require medication or sedatives in order to relax and achieve a successful scan. However, these measures have risks and are also expensive.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cOur interest in virtual reality came specifically from the simple observation that when someone uses and then immerses themselves in a virtual reality environment, they are not aware of their surroundings. We thought that if we could make a system compatible with the MRI environment, it could be a very powerful alternative way to successfully scan these challenging populations."<\/p>

In this way, the researchers developed a VR environment through a special helmet that can be used inside the MRI scanner. In this way, the patient cannot see the environment inside the camera and is exposed to immersive and continuous content to make the experience easier.<\/p>

The purpose of this system is that the patient does not perceive the sensation of being inside the scanner and that the MRI is performed correctly. \u201cDeveloping the right content is crucial, as for the system to be effective, it needs to hold the subject\/patient's attention and sense of immersion for as long as possible. Since this content is likely to be very different based on age and cognitive abilities. Getting this right and adapting it to different clinical and study populations is the next key step,\u201d Qian explained.<\/p>

This system opens up possibilities for vulnerable populations to have access to an MRI without the need to take drugs to sleep. The full study can be found at Scientific Reports<\/em> of Nature<\/em>: https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-021-95634-y<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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HEALTH EUROPE<\/strong><\/p>

https:\/\/www.healtheuropa.eu\/interactive-vr-system-could-improve-mri-experience-for-anxious-patients\/110409\/<\/a><\/p>

SCIENCE DAILY<\/strong><\/p>

https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2021\/08\/210811091546.htm<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Un nuevo art\u00edculo de Scientific Reports mostr\u00f3 detalles sobre tecnolog\u00eda interactiva basada en realidad virtual (VR) para pacientes que se sometan a resonancia magn\u00e9tica. Investigadores del King\u2019s College London desarrollaron esta tecnolog\u00eda de VR, con el prop\u00f3sito de ayudar a pacientes que tienen dificultades con realizarse an\u00e1lisis a trav\u00e9s de resonancia magn\u00e9tica, especialmente ni\u00f1os o personas que sufren de problemas cognitivos o condiciones como claustrofobia. A trav\u00e9s de la Escuela de Ingenier\u00eda Biom\u00e9dica y Ciencias de la Imagen de la instituci\u00f3n mencionada, el investigador principal, Dr. Kun Qian, explic\u00f3 que buscaron diferentes formas para permitir que ni\u00f1os y personas vulnerables no tuvieran mayores problemas al someterse a una resonancia magn\u00e9tica. La experiencia de entrar a un t\u00fanel, en un espacio reducido, con ruidos y adem\u00e1s permanecer quieto puede resultar complicada. Algunos pacientes, en especial ni\u00f1os requieren de medicamentos o sedantes para poder relajarse y lograr un escaneo exitoso. Sin embargo, estas medidas tienen riesgos y adem\u00e1s son costosas. \u201cNuestro inter\u00e9s en la realidad virtual surgi\u00f3 espec\u00edficamente de la simple observaci\u00f3n de que, cuando alguien usa y luego se sumerge en un entorno de realidad virtual, no es consciente de su entorno. Pensamos que, si pod\u00edamos hacer que un sistema fuera compatible con el entorno de la resonancia magn\u00e9tica, podr\u00eda ser una forma alternativa muy poderosa de escanear con \u00e9xito estas poblaciones desafiantes\u201d, explic\u00f3 el especialista. De esta forma, los investigadores desarrollaron un entorno de VR a trav\u00e9s de un casco especial que puede utilizarse dentro del esc\u00e1ner de resonancia magn\u00e9tica. De esta manera el paciente no puede ver el entorno dentro de la c\u00e1mara y es expuesto a contenido inmersivo y continuo para que la experiencia sea m\u00e1s sencilla. El prop\u00f3sito del este sistema es que el paciente no perciba la sensaci\u00f3n de estar dentro del esc\u00e1ner y que la resonancia magn\u00e9tica se realice de forma correcta. \u201cDesarrollar el contenido correcto es crucial, ya que para que el sistema sea efectivo, debe mantener la atenci\u00f3n del sujeto \/ paciente y su sentido de inmersi\u00f3n durante el mayor tiempo posible. Dado que es probable que este contenido sea muy diferente seg\u00fan la edad y las capacidades cognitivas. Hacer esto correctamente y adaptarlo a las diferentes poblaciones cl\u00ednicas y de estudio es el siguiente paso clave\u201d, explic\u00f3 Qian. Este sistema abre posibilidades para que poblaciones vulnerables puedan tener acceso a una resonancia magn\u00e9tica sin necesidad de tomar f\u00e1rmacos para dormir. El estudio completo lo puedes encontrar en Scientific Reports de Nature: https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-021-95634-y BIBLIOGRAF\u00cdA HEALTH EUROPA https:\/\/www.healtheuropa.eu\/interactive-vr-system-could-improve-mri-experience-for-anxious-patients\/110409\/ SCIENCE DAILY https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2021\/08\/210811091546.htm<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,3393,160],"tags":[145],"class_list":["post-20286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-big-data","category-inteligencia-artificial-y-ciencia","category-noticias","tag-noticias"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}