Undergoing an MRI can be a scary and claustrophobic experience when you're an adult, but imagine what it would be like if you were a kid.

Having to lie still for up to 30 minutes in a noisy metal tube is no fun, but, as a kid, what if you heard a story that superheroes have MRIs too? Chances are you would have something to relate to and feel better.

That's where Captain America comes in.

According to NY1's Health and Medicine Report, Captain America is giving young patients courage at the hospital.

To help alleviate the anxiety for children getting an MRI and reduce the need for sedation (which risks include: nausea, grogginess and in some cases, even problems with breathing), Dr. Robert Min, chairman of Radiology at Weill Cornell Medical College, teamed up with Marvel Comics to make the experience "more educational and fun."

"In order for kids to be cooperative with it (an MRI), many of them require sedation so they can endure both the loud noises that it makes, but also the dark closed spaces that MRI's sometimes involve," Min explained to NY1.

A superhero kit was assembled with an educational video for kids, a costume and a comic book starring Captain America, who injures his shoulder and needs an MRI, of course!

"He (Captain America) is a little apprehensive as many people are, but a young girl who just finished getting her MRI notices that and ends up helping Captain America, a superhero, go through with the MRI," Min added.

Has the MRI-inspired Marvel comic book really helped children channel their inner-superhero and forgo sedation?

Yes. Case in point, 6-year-old Jade Reejhsinghani who was nervous when she learned she needed an MRI of her foot... "Cause I didn't like know what it was," she explained to NY1's Shazia Khan, but ultimately it worked.

Getting a boost from the courageous Captain America helped put Jade at ease for her own MRI, which she underwent without sedation.

"It helped me because it showed how he did it," she said.

"I just think it's important for young girls or little boys to have a sense of empowerment when it comes to taking control of something in their life," Jane's mother Cindy Reejhsinghani told NY1.

There are also long-term effects from "the superhero experience," according to NY1. Not only can it "boost a child's confidence," but it can continue on long after the MRI is over.

While Jade's "medical mission" isn't over -- she will likely undergo surgery on her foot, NY1 pointed out -- she's now channeling her inner-superhero with courage and strength. She's also fending off negative thoughts, all the while sporting a cape! Captain America would be proud!