Acoustic noise reduction in MRI using Silent Scan: An initial experience

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 360-363

  Alibek, Sedat ^a   Vogel, Mika ^b   Sun, Wei ^c   Winkler, David ^c   Baker, Christopher A ^c   Burke, Michael ^b   Gloger, Hubertus ^a  

^a MVZ Radiologie and Nuklearmedizin   (Germany)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (France)

^c GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NOISE REDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUND PRESSURE; BRAIN; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; NOISE; PATHOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; NOISE;

EID: 84903792607     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: 13053612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5152/dir.2014.13458     Document Type: Article

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