Acoustic noise in magnetic resonance imaging: An ongoing issue

Radiography

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 320-326

  McNulty, J P ^a   McNulty, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Acoustic noise levels; Hearing protection; Magnetic resonance imaging; Noise reduction; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; NEUROIMAGING; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; SOUND INTENSITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 70349328361     PISSN: 10788174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radi.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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