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NordicNeuroLab improves the patient experience during MRI scans
- Published 23 June 2025; updated 23 March 2026; estimated reading time 2 minutes. Listed as available in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Oceania; categories are Digital health and Medtech under Health and life science.
- NordicNeuroLab’s nordicComfortSolution is an MRI relaxation system intended to reduce patient anxiety. It combines hardware and software for the MRI environment: a display with an integrated camera and a freestanding over-body mirror, offered as an alternative to projectors and goggles.
- The system is installed and controlled from a touchscreen in the control room. A technician can start entertainment, rotate the display, adjust volume and choose media.
- The article says motion-free images are important for diagnostic quality, citing patient motion in up to 29% of MRI scans. It says up to 28% of pediatric MRI scans use anesthesia or sedation, with risks to young patients, and 17% of MRI scans are delayed due to anxiety. Conventional entertainment equipment may not operate in the MRI magnetic field.
- The company says the system distracts claustrophobic patients and helps them relax and stay still, which can improve imaging, reduce anesthesia/sedation, save time and increase throughput. The article claims hospitals may see return on investment after 100 non-sedated patients.
- Market context in the article: global MRI systems market forecast to grow from USD 7.76 billion in 2024 to USD 12.20 billion by 2032, at 5.8% annual growth. The stated addressable market is clinics and hospitals with MRI scanners.
- Other products listed: fMRI Essentials, a turnkey system providing neurosurgeons with information about brain function to support care during brain surgery; Visual System HD, for delivering advanced 3D visual stimuli inside the scanner during functional MRI studies; and nordicAudio, for clear communication between technician and patient and for auditory entertainment or functional MRI content.
- Testimonial from Carol Sykes, MRI technician at the University of Mississippi Medical Center: she describes patient entertainment as sometimes shifting patients’ attitude and willingness to attempt a scan; comfortable patients help the team obtain diagnostic images for care.
- Linked to SDG 3, Good health and well-being, because the company says its system reduces MRI anxiety and sedative use.
- Contact: Thomas Lie Omdahl, CEO, thomas@nordicneurolab.com. Phone number is behind a collapsed reveal control. Company: NORDICNEUROLAB AS, Møllendalsveien 1, 5009 Bergen, Norway; nordicneurolab.com.