A Lego enthusiast who’s also a radiographer has developed an MRI toy building kit to be used as a teaching tool and a way to help ease patients’ anxiety about imaging scans, reports Brick Fanatics.
A medically minded LEGO fan’s Open MRI machine has reached the review stage on LEGO Ideas.
“It was designed based on every patients’ [sic] suggestions [and] with patients in mind, to be shown at the earliest possible stage what will happen during MRI to eliminate misconceptions or worries like how far their head will go through,” they explained on the project page.
The model can also be transformed into an upright MRI, CT scanner, or a DEXA scanner, as the designer is hoping to shed light on “unsung medical imaging scanners.”
Read more at Brick Fanatics and LEGO Ideas.
