Characterization of acoustic noise in a neonatal intensive care unit MRI system

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1011-1019

  Tkach, Jean A ^a   Li, Yu ^a   Pratt, Ronald G ^a   Baroch, Kelly A ^a   Loew, Wolfgang ^a   Daniels, Barret R ^a   Giaquinto, Randy O ^a   Merhar, Stephanie L ^a   Kline Fath, Beth M ^a   Dumoulin, Charles L ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic noise; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neonatal intensive care unit; Neonates; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NOISE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE REDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND PRESSURE; STEADY STATE; ACOUSTICS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT;

ACOUSTICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NOISE;

EID: 84905011425     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-014-2909-0     Document Type: Article

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