Acoustic noise transfer function in clinical MRI. A multicenter analysis

Academic Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-106

  Hamaguchi, Takashi ^a   Miyati, Tosiaki ^a   Ohno, Naoki ^a,b   Hirano, Masaya ^c   Hayashi, Norio ^b   Gabata, Toshifumi ^d   Matsui, Osamu ^d   Matsushita, Tatsuhiko ^a   Yamamoto, Tomoyuki ^b   Fujiwara, Yasuhiro ^a,e   Kimura, Hirohiko ^f   Takeda, Hiroyasu ^g   Takehara, Yasuo ^g  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c GE Yokogawa Medical Systems   (Japan)

^d KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^g HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic noise; Gradient coil; MRI; Sound pressure; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRADIENT PULSE TO ACOUSTIC NOISE TRANSFER FUNCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNETIC FIELD; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE REDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND PRESSURE;

ACOUSTICS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; NOISE;

EID: 78649924553     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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