Flexible or curved display for MRI bore

A display system suitable for use inside an MRI system bore to display images to a patient undergoing an MRI imaging procedure, the bore having a longitudinal axis and an interior curved ceiling surface faced by the patient during the MRI imaging procedure, the MRI system including a patient table riding on a cradle support structure, so that the table and patient can be moved into and out of the bore to position the patient for the MRI imaging procedure, the display system comprising:

• a curved electronic display structure fitted inside the MRI bore and fixed in place and positioned against the curved interior ceiling surface of the bore and having a display axis extending along the MRI bore, the curved electronic display structure responsive to display drive signals to generate images, the curved electronic display structure having a sector size and a longitudinal length along the axis of the bore sufficient to present images to the patient inside the bore undergoing an MRI imaging procedure;
• the curved electronic display structure including electromagnetic interference shielding sandwiching the curved electronic display structure, the shielding sufficiently optically transparent to permit patient viewing of images formed on the display structure while preventing emission of RF energy to affect MRI imaging;
• the curved electronic display structure comprising a flexible or rigid display screen mounted to the curved interior ceiling surface of the MRI bore;
• wherein the longitudinal extent of the display screen of the curved electronic display structure extends from at or adjacent a patient entry edge of the MRI bore to at least a position at the patient's head in the MRI bore when undergoing the MRI imaging procedure;
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• a display electronics module configured to provide display drive signals to the curved electronic display structure.