Standardization of performance evaluation in MRI: 13 Years' experience of intersystem comparison

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 111-116

  De Wilde, J ^a   Price, D ^a   Curran, J ^a   Williams, J ^a   Kitney, R ^a  

^a BRITISH TELECOM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparison; Geometric distortion; Imaging speed; Magnetic resonance imaging; Quality assurance; Signal to noise ratio; Slice width; Standards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETER; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18544371774     PISSN: 10437347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.10012     Document Type: Article

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