SEMIAUTOMATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR QUANTITATIVE MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING

被引：13

作者：

BARKER, GJ

TOFTS, PS

机构：

[1] Institute of Neurology, London, WC1N 3BG, Queen Square

来源：

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING | 1992年 / 10卷 / 04期

关键词：

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; DATA PROCESSING; AUTOMATION;

D O I：

10.1016/0730-725X(92)90010-W

中图分类号：

R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;

摘要：

It is now well established that MRI can be used for quantitative (as opposed to simply qualitative) measurements, and good accuracy and precision have been obtained in phantom experiments. To make routine quantitative measurements as part of a clinical scanning protocol, however, quality assurance (QA) methods particularly suited to quantification must be developed. We describe a set of QA tests using clinical protocols on test phantoms, with which we have assessed quantitative performance of our Picker 0.5-T scanner (Picker International, Cleveland, OH) over 2 years. We also describe the automated data processing methods we have developed to deal with the large amounts of data generated by these tests.

引用

页码：585 / 595

页数：11

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