One measure that will save you a lot of time and effort is to educate the patient before they enter the doors at the hospital.

There are a number of tools that we use every day that can help us expose the MR environment to the patient, without creating fear. You've probably had some of these ideas before, but naturally, there is a long way from having an idea to realizing it.

The goal of this section is to break down as many hurdles as possible and get you going.

You'll learn how you and your department can create

• MRI patient video for your hospital
• MRI storybook
• Information letter
• Build a mock-scanner
• Invite them to look at the scanner