Radiography
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 320-326 , November 2009

Acoustic noise in magnetic resonance imaging: An ongoing issue

  • J.P. McNulty

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Diagnostic Imaging, UCD School of Medicine and Medical Science, Health Sciences Centre, UCD Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland. Tel.: +353 1 7166545; fax: +353 1 7166547.
    • ,
  • S. McNulty

Received 23 October 2008 ,Revised 6 January 2009 ,Accepted 19 January 2009.

References 

  1. Hashemi RH, Bradley JR. MRI: the basics. 2nd ed. Maryland: Williams and Wilkins; 2003;p. 28–9
  2. Hurwitz R, Lane SR, Bell RA, Brant-Zawadzki MN. Acoustic analysis of gradient-coil noise in MR imaging. Radiology. 1989;173:545–548
  3. McRobbie DW, Moore EA, Graves MJ, Prince MR. MRI: from picture to proton. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2003;p. 11,12,170
  4. Brummett RE, Talbot JM, Charuhas P. Potential hearing loss resulting from MR imaging. Radiology. 1988;169:539–540
  5. Shellock FG, Morisoli SM, Ziarati M. Measurement of acoustic noise during MR imaging: evaluation of six “worst-case” pulse sequences. Radiology. 1994;191:91–93
  6. Shellock FG, Kanal E. Magnetic resonance bioeffects, safety and patient management. 2nd ed. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; 1996;p. 68
  7. Goldman AM, Gossman WE, Friedlander PC. Reduction of sound levels with antinoise in MR imaging. Radiology. 1989;173:549–550
  8. Lufkin RB. The MRI manual. 2nd ed.. Mosby; 1998;
  9. Mc Jury M, Shellock FG. Auditory noise associated with MR procedures: a review. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2000;12:37–45
  10. Tseng GHC, Talavage TM, Hinks RS. Repeatability and variability of noise generated during MRI. In: Proceedings of the 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS, vol. 2; 2004. p. 1096–9.
  11. Haywood B, Chapman B, Mansfield P. Model gradient coil employing acoustic control for MRI. Magn Reson Mater Phys Bio Med. 2007;20:223–231
  12. International Electrotechnical Commission. International Standard for MRI. IEC 60601-2-33. 2nd ed; 2002–2005.
  13. Moelker A, Maas RAJJ, Pattynama PMT. Verbal communication in MR environments: effect of MR system acoustic noise on speech understanding. Radiology. 2004;232:107–113
  14. Phillips S, Dreary IJ. Interventions to alleviate patient anxiety during magnetic resonance imaging: a review. Radiography. 1995;1:29–34
  15. Dewey M, Schink T, Dewey CF. Claustrophobia during magnetic resonance imaging: cohort study in over 55,000 patients. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2007;26:1322–1327
  16. Tischler V, Calton T, Williams M, Cheetham A. Patient anxiety in magnetic resonance imaging centres: is further intervention needed?. Radiography. 2008;14(3):265–266
  17. Oppenheim AN. Questionnaire design, interviewing and attitude measurement. New Edition. London: Pinter Publishers Limited; 1992;
  18. Anderson LW. LIKERT Scales. In: Educational research, methodology, and measurement: an international handbook; 1988. p. 427–8.
  19. Cohen L, Manion L, Morrison K. Research methods in education. 5th ed. London: RoutledgeFalmer; 2000;p. 248–56
  20. Casella CEL Ltd. CEL-254 digital impulse sound level meter. Bedford, UK: Casella; 2008 (Accessed July, 30, 2008 at http://www.casellacel.com/Products/Detail.asp?id = 182).
  21. Ganong WF. Review of medical physiology. 19th ed.. Stamford, Connecticut; 1999;p. 169–70
  22. Harris M, Taylor G. Medical statistics made easy. London: Taylor & Francis Group; 2004;p. 24–5
  23. Foster JR, Hall DA, Summerfield AQ, Palmer AR, Bowtell RW. Sound-level measurements and calculations of safe noise dosage during EPI at 3T. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2000;12(1):157–163
  24. Moelker A, Vogel MW, Pattynama PMT. Efficacy of passive acoustic screening: implications for the design of imager and MR-suite. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2003;17:270–275
  25. Siemens Medical Solutions. Magnetom Avanto. Munich: Siemens Medical Solutions; 2006;
  26. Irish Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Safety, health and welfare at work (control of noise at work) regulations. Dublin: The Stationery Office; 2006;
  27. The control of noise at work regulations. Statutory Instrument 2005 No. 1643. The Stationery Office Limited; 2005.
  28. Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. Safety guidelines for magnetic resonance imaging equipment in clinical use. London: Department of Health; 2007;
  29. Ravicz ME, Melcher JR. Isolating the auditory system from acoustic noise during functional magnetic resonance imaging: examination of noise conduction through the ear canal, head and body. J Acoust Soc Am. 2001;109(1):213–216
  30. McJury M, Stewart RW, Crawford D, Toma E. The use of active noise control (ANC) to reduce acoustic noise generated during MRI scanning: some initial results. Magn Reson Imaging. 1997;15(3):319–322
  31. Toivonen M, Paakkonen R, Savolainen S, Lehtomaki K. Noise attenuation and proper insertion of earplugs into ear canals. Ann Occup Hyg. 2002;46:527–530
  32. Slifer K, Penn-Jones K, Cataldo M, Conner R, Zerhouni E. Music enhances patient comfort during MRI. Am J Roentgenol. 1991;156:403
  33. Price D, De Wilde J, Papadaki A, Curran J, Kitnet R. Investigation of acoustic noise on 15 MRI scanners from 0.2T to 3T. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2001;13(2):288–293

PII: S1078-8174(09)00002-9

doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2009.01.001

Radiography
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 320-326 , November 2009

Article Tools

* Image Usage & Resolution