Crash! Rattle! Whir! Boom! Those are the sounds you usually hear the moment you slide into an MRI machine. Now, thanks to GE Healthcare, that’s all about to change…MRI Technology news.
Plug your ears folks!
Today’s MRI scanners work quicker and more efficiently than ever- good news for the claustrophobic. An average magnetic resonance imaging scan can take anywhere from 20-40 minutes. However, all this speedy diagnostic technology comes at a steep price.
Today’s MRI scans are also louder…and more unsettling, due to swift changes in the magnetic field.
So deafening are the noise levels produced by an MRI machine, that many patients describe the noise as similar to having a machine gun fire repeatedly into your ear, at a volume sometimes reaching 110 decibels.
Sadly, the provided earplugs and noise-reduction devices provide little relief.
Enter GE MRI Technology…
Thanks to GE Healthcare, earsplitting MRI scanning procedures may become a thing of the past. With the introduction of Silent Scan MRI technology, getting a brain scan need not cause hearing loss or ear ringing.
The new “silent MRI” produces a quiet sound that rarely surpasses background environmental noises.
- The new Silent Scan MRI technology uses a cutting-edge 3D scanning method, “Silenz.”
- When employed in conjunction with GE’s innovative MRI gradient and radio frequency tech, Silenz effective enables physicians to provide a practically soundless body scan.
- As a result, people who are apprehensive about taking an MRI are less likely to press the panic button 10 minutes into the procedure.
- Compared to the 110-decibel volume of traditional MRI machines, the new Silent Scan reduces noise levels down to a mere 76 decibels.