Check out this month’s AV Magazine In its AV in healthcare feature, you can read about how VIOSO technology has been deployed across a range of interesting areas, from training the next generation of surgeons right through to minimising the distress of young patients undergoing major investigations in MRI scanners. MRI scans can be a daunting experience for adults, let alone children, and we have seen AV used in a very innovative way at a Dortmund clinic. It is essential that patients remain calm and still, something that is not helped by the sterile atmosphere of an MRI lab. We have seen our solutions deployed to project different ambient environments on the walls around the scanner, turning the whole experience into an immersive, calming space. Multiple projectors are blended together using our camera-based calibration system, allowing hospital staff to quickly recalibrate without calling AV engineers, putting them in control of the entire room. An MRI scan can be a heavy burden for children and parents. On the one hand, there is concern about a disease that has not yet been identified; on the other hand, the examination is unpleasant in a narrow, noisy tube, even if the procedure itself is not dangerous. In addition, many children find it very difficult to remain calm during MRI examinations. Therefore, the scans often shake, similar to a photo with a very long exposure time. Therefore, sedatives and anaesthesia are often necessary, with considerable stress on the young body. To relieve the children's fear of the large MRI scanner before the examination, the entire examination room is transformed through video projections into a flower meadow, a beach, an aquarium, a zoo, or space. The children can watch movie scenes on a large screen in the preparation room before the examination, and choose their favourite scene. During the examination itself, the children can watch films via a mirror system on the back wall behind the MRI. The mirrors also have the effect that the children do not look at the tube but out of it. So they do not feel confined when they enter the MRI, the horizon opens – the entrance can be a space shuttle or a fire truck – the patient can decide, making it an interactive, personal experience. These are some unique ways that AV is being leveraged to enhance the patient journey and experience. #avtweeps #HealthCare #Calibration