Criteria for designing an MRI quality assurance program: A multicenter trial;Criteri per la definizione di un programma per l'assicurazione della qualità nella diagnostica per immagini con Risonanza magnetica: Studio multicentrico

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 389-397

  Mascaro, Lorella ^a   Strocchi, Sabina ^b   Colombo, Paola ^d   Del Corona, Manlio ^d   Baldassarri, Angela Maria ^c  

^a Servizio di Fisica Sanitaria   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE DI CIRCOLO   (Italy)

^c Neurological Unit   (Italy)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0033124953     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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