Quiet MR sequences in clinical routine: initial experience in abdominal imaging

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 194-203

  Fischer, Sebastian ^a   Grodzki, David M ^b   Domschke, Markus ^c   Albrecht, Moritz ^a   Bodelle, Boris ^a   Eichler, Katrin ^a   Hammerstingl, Renate ^a   Vogl, Thomas J ^a   Zangos, Stephan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Alb Fils Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic noise reduction; Image quality; Patient comfort; Quiet MRI

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ALGORITHM; ARTIFACT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ABDOMEN; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE;

EID: 84997724636     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: 18266983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-016-0710-x     Document Type: Article

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