The use of active noise control (ANC) to reduce acoustic noise generated during MRI scanning: Some initial results

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 319-322

  McJury, M ^a   Stewart, R W ^b   Crawford, D ^b   Toma, E ^c  

^a Dept of Clin Phys/Bioengineering ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c MOTOROLA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioeffects; Hearing loss; Magnetic resonance imaging; Noise control; Safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EAR PROTECTION; HEARING LOSS; NOISE REDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0030915044     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(96)00337-2     Document Type: Article

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