Acoustic noise analysis and prediction in a 4-T MRI scanner

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-25

  Li, W ^a   Mechefske, C K ^a   Gazdzinski, C ^b   Rutt, B K ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic noise; Echo planar imaging; Frequency response functions; Measurement; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; DEVICE; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; NOISE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRESSURE; SOUND;

EID: 6344229187     PISSN: 10437347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.b.20007     Document Type: Article

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