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Abstract #4020

Damping acoustic noise for MRI in Radiotherapy Settings

Erik R Huijing1, Femke Wetzels1, Edwin Versteeg1, Koenraad Rhebergen1, Simon Woodings1, Dennis Klomp1, Marielle Philippens1, Nico van den Berg2, and Stefano Mandija3
1UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2Computational Imaging Group for MR Diagnostic & Therapy, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, 3Computational Imaging Group for MR Diagnostic & Therapy, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

We present two hoods for acoustic noise damping for MRI in Radiotherapy. This is especially relevant for brain and head-and-neck patients who are scanned repetitively inside immobilization masks, which prevent wearing all the required earing protection devices. The hoods show good noise damping (average at least 10 dB attenuation) and minimal radiation dose attenuation (<1%), making them suitable also for MR-linac systems. Subjective results from a survey on 15 volunteers show that the hoods are well tolerated and do not increase significantly the feeling of claustrophobia.

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