Method and apparatus for providing a stimulus in magnetic resonance imaging system

摘要

The subject invention pertains to a method and apparatus for providing a video display near a MRI scanner. The subject invention can provide a visual display inside a magnet room in which a MRI scanner is located. In an embodiment, the subject invention can provide a visual display near or inside the bore of a MRI scanner so as to provide visual stimulation to a patient located in the bore of the MRI scanner. The visual display of the subject invention does not interfere with the operation of the MRI scanner and the MRI scanner does not interfere with the operation of the subject visual display. In a specific embodiment, the subject invention relates to a patient display hood that is transparent to the MRI scanner such that the magnetic fields of the MRI scanner do not significantly impact the operations of the subject PDH and such that the subject PDH produces minimal, if any, detectable RF noise in the MRI scanner.