Sound-level measurements and calculations of safe noise dosage during EPI at 3 T

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 157-163

  Foster, John R ^a   Hall, Deborah A ^a   Summerfield, A Quentin ^a   Palmer, Alan R ^a   Bowtell, Richard W ^b  

^a MRC INSTITUTE OF HEARING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EPI; Hearing; Safety; Scanner acoustic noise

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE REDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SAFETY; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND PRESSURE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINES; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033935123     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1522-2586(200007)12:1<157::AID-JMRI17>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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