MRS quality assessment in a multicentre study on MRS-based classification of brain tumours

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 148-158

  van der Graaf, Marinette ^a   Julià Sapé, Margarida ^b   Howe, Franklyn A ^c   Ziegler, Anne ^d   Majós, Carles ^e   Moreno Torres, Angel ^f   Rijpkema, Mark ^a,g   Acosta, Dionisio ^b,h   Opstad, Kirstie S ^c   van der Meulen, Yvonne M ^a   Arús, Carles ^b   Heerschap, Arend ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^f Centre Diagnostic Pedralbes   (Spain)

^g RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

1H MRS; MR spectra; Multicentre study; Phantom; Quality assessment; Quality control; System quality assurance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TUMORS;

MULTICENTRE STUDY; SYSTEM PERFORMANCE; SYSTEM QUALITY ASSURANCE;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; METABOLITE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOLUNTEER;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPERT SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROTONS; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; WATER;

EID: 40449083592     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1172     Document Type: Article

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