Multicenter trial for the set-up of a MRI quality assurance programme

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 93-101

  Colombo, P ^a   Baldassarri, A ^b   Del Corona, M ^b   Mascaro, L ^b   Strocchi, S ^c  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^b SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE DI CIRCOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Quality assurance; Signal to noise ratio; Uniformity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 1242337459     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2003.04.001     Document Type: Article

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