Quality assurance for MRI. Part one.
Quality assurance procedures are essential in promoting optimal image quality and consistent system performance. Proper patient care, however, depends not only on technical characteristics but also efficient and humane operations. In the first of a series of three articles on total system QA, methods are noted by which changes in MRI technical performance can be monitored. Six parameters are described and procedures are outlined for their measurement.
D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States