Sample Sounds of the MRI Scanner

15 Responses to Sample Sounds of the MRI Scanner

1. megan says:

   2010/11/17 at 6:31 pm

   do you have any more sounds by chance of any type of scan.. and no mater what type of scanner it is will it always make the same sounds?

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   • chaircrusher says:

     2010/11/23 at 8:07 am

     I don’t have any more scanner sounds right now. They do pretty much make the same sounds.

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2. Dawn says:

   2010/12/08 at 4:10 pm

   Thank you so so much for having these! I have been looking everywhere for decent sound clips to have our study subjects listen to before having their scans. You just made my life so much easier.
   :)

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   • Dawn says:

     2010/12/08 at 4:14 pm

     As a follow-up, would it be possible to get the actual mp3 files? If not that’s fine and I can just bookmark your page. But if possible, having the files would be pretty fabulous.

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     • chaircrusher says:

       2010/12/12 at 11:37 am

       If you look closely there’s this link to the samples directory http://www.cornwarning.com/xfer/MRI-Sounds

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       • Dawn says:

         2011/02/16 at 9:37 am

         Yes I saw that. I was hoping for actual download-able files that I could make a play-list for our research subjects to listen to while they practice doing some of the tasks they will be performing during the fMRI scan session of our study. We would like to do this in *hopes* of somewhat reducing brain activity due to the novelty of the fMRI sounds.

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         • chaircrusher says:

           2011/02/16 at 10:20 am

           OK Dawn, I see what you’re saying. As it happens, if you Right-Mouse-Click (PC) or Ctrl-Mouse-Click (Mac) on each of those files in that directory you can either copy the URL for that file, or save it to your computer (save as…). I guess I forget not everyone know that kind of business. So here are the actual URLS for the files. Just cut and paste these URLS into a text file and save it with the file extention m3u, and you can play it in Windows Media Player or ITunes or Winamp, etc.

           http://www.cornwarning.com/xfer/MRI-Sounds/BIDE.mp3
           http://www.cornwarning.com/xfer/MRI-Sounds/DTI.mp3
           http://www.cornwarning.com/xfer/MRI-Sounds/FLARE.mp3
           http://www.cornwarning.com/xfer/MRI-Sounds/GRADIENT.mp3
           http://www.cornwarning.com/xfer/MRI-Sounds/KISS.mp3
           http://www.cornwarning.com/xfer/MRI-Sounds/MP-RAGE.mp3
           http://www.cornwarning.com/xfer/MRI-Sounds/MRI-Sounds.mp3
           http://www.cornwarning.com/xfer/MRI-Sounds/T1.mp3
           http://www.cornwarning.com/xfer/MRI-Sounds/T2.mp3
       • Dawn says:

         2011/02/16 at 11:45 am

         It works! I actually just had a subject listen to the files and it went beautifully.

         Thanks so much for the help. I greatly appreciate it!

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3. Mike says:

   2011/03/04 at 4:02 am

   I just had an MRI for the first time yesterday — and I loved the sounds! Reminded me of heavy metal music. Thank you for the recordings.

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5. matt says:

   2011/04/29 at 5:35 pm

   i have nurofibromatosis so i get MRIs about 1 a year and it still annoys me

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   • Coat says:

     2011/05/19 at 5:58 am

     Just had one the other day – they are without doubt the most unpleasant sounds, I shall enjoy turning base metal into gold with Pauls Stretch. Thankyou.

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6. powersherlock says:

   2011/07/19 at 3:24 pm

   Love it love it love it. have a mix by way of thanks: http://www.divshare.com/download/13891443-943

   ace site by the way and great mixes as well

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7. r0ise says:

   2011/07/25 at 11:32 pm

   Hey man this are really cool!! I ve downloaded them and Im gonna use in my next “song” ^^ so keep a eye on my soundcloud account…

   Thanks!

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