A medical device-grade T1 and ECV phantom for global T1 mapping quality assurance - the T1 Mapping and ECV Standardization in cardiovascular magnetic resonance (T1MES) program

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-20

  Captur, Gabriella ^a,b   Gatehouse, Peter ^c   Keenan, Kathryn E ^d   Heslinga, Friso G ^e,f   Bruehl, Ruediger ^g   Prothmann, Marcel ^h   Graves, Martin J ⁱ   Eames, Richard J ^j   Torlasco, Camilla ^k   Benedetti, Giulia ^l   Donovan, Jacqueline ^c   Ittermann, Bernd ^g   Boubertakh, Redha ^m   Bathgate, Andrew ⁿ   Royet, Celine ⁿ   Pang, Wenjie ⁿ   Nezafat, Reza ^o   Salerno, Michael ^p   Kellman, Peter ^q   Moon, James C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^g PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^h CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

ⁱ CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^j IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^l SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^m QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ Resonance Health   (Australia)

^o HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^q NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Phantom; Standardization; T1 mapping

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; NICKEL CHLORIDE; POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING PHANTOM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; T1 MAPPING AND EXTRACELLULAR VOLUME STANDARDIZATION PROGRAM; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 84994804679     PISSN: 10976647     EISSN: 1532429X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12968-016-0280-z     Document Type: Article

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