Online animation preps children for imaging tests

November 1, 2008 Diagnostic Imaging. Vol. 30 No. 11 Online animation preps children for imaging tests An interactive web cartoon titled "Welcome to the Radiology Center" teaches sick children what to expect before undergoing an MR, CT, or chest x-ray study. It also gives them a sense of mastery and adventure while enhancing compliance with the procedures. Developed by the Starlight Children's Foundation in Los Angeles with a grant from the Ronald MacDonald Foundation, the animation was initially available only in CD-ROM format. Hospira, a specialty pharmaceutical and drug delivery company, provided funding to get it online. It is now available for free on the Internet at www.starlight.org/radiology. As of July, the site was receiving between 300 and 400 hits each day.

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