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Scientific
Program
MR Engineering Standards |
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Panel
Discussion: Standards for the safety and performance of clinical MR systems have
been established, but at the subsystem level the case can be advanced that while MRI is a
muturing technology, the standards are not keeping pace. For example, SNR is
generally compared on a qualitative basis in the literature and SAR is computed and
measured on different phantoms and with different measuring apparatus. A panel
representing industry, academia, and the NIH will discuss standards in various aspects of
the MRI/MRS, with audience participation. The goal of the meeting will be to
establish whether there is a need to coordinate engineering standards for the MR community
much like the NIH is coordinating the development of a set of standards for software used
for functional imaging. |
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