Affiliation:
1. Laboratory of Biophysics and Medical Technology, Higher Institute of Medical Technology of Tunis, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis 1006, Tunisia
Abstract
Background:
Quality Assurance (QA) of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) system
is an essential step to avoid problems in diagnosis when image quality is low. It is considered a
patient safety issue. The accreditation program of the American College of Radiology (ACR) includes
a standardized image quality measurement protocol. However, it has been shown that human
testing by visual inspection is not objective and not reproducible.
Methods:
The overall goal of the present paper was to develop and implement a fully automated
method for accurate image analysis to increase its objectivity. It can positively impact the QA
process by decreasing the reaction time, improving repeatability, and by reducing operator dependency.
The proposed QA procedures were applied to ten clinical MRI scanners. The performance
of the automated procedure was assessed by comparing the test results with the decisions
made by trained MRI technologists according to ACR guidelines. The p-value, correlation coefficient
of the manual and automatic measurements were also computed using the Pearson test.
Result and Conclusion:
Compared to the manual process, the use of the proposed approach can
significantly reduce the time requirements while maintaining consistency with manual measurements
and furthermore, decrease the subjectivity of the results. Accordingly, a strong correlation
was found and the corresponding p-value was much lower than the significance level of 0.05 indicating
a good agreement between the two measurements.
Publisher
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
Subject
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
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