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QM Registry Ch. 13
Quality Control for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Equipment
Question | Answer |
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center frequency | radiofrequency that matches static magnetic field according to Larmor equation |
geometric accuracy | refers to amount of geometric distortion in image due to displacement or improper scaling of distance between points being displayed on image |
image intensity uniformity | parameter that describes spatial sensitivity of radiofrequency coils; measures image intensity over large uniform area of homogeneous phantom lying in sensitive region of volume RF coil |
signal-to-noise ratio | used to describe relative contributions to a detected signal of true signal and random superimposed signals or noise |
slice position accuracy | this test is performed to ensure that land-marking location is actually centered to magnet bore |
transmit gain | measure of radiofrequency power that is required to produce 90-degree flip of pt's magnetic vector during imaging |