SCIP
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Silent Clinical Imaging Protocol
IRAS ID
290682
Contact name
Reza Razavi
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
King's College London
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 8 months, 30 days
Research summary
Study Aims:
1. Do people prefer to be scanned with noisy (standard) or silent MRI?
2. Do radiologists prefer standard or silent MRI scans for diagnosis?Why this Research Is Needed:
Loud acoustic noise is frequently listed by patient outreach groups as making an MR scan an unpleasant experience, but is commonly accepted as an unavoidable side-effect of MR technology. It is possible to make an MR scan near silent, without any hardware modifications, by carefully programming the scanner. Recently we have shown how to make this work for a wide range of different kinds of scans and maintain good image quality. These silent images now need clinically validation.How this Study will be Conducted:
Patients with neurological conditions will be recruited from local clinics and imaged with both standard (noisy) and silent scans. They will be asked to complete questionnaires about the scanning experience including whether they preferred the silent or noisy sequences. The images will be assessed for quality by a clinical radiologist.REC name
East of England - Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
22/EE/0058
Date of REC Opinion
30 May 2022
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion