Quantitative evaluation of metal artifacts in 3-T MRI by using Blind/Referenceless Image Spatial Quality Evaluator (BRISQUE): a phantom study
Wakiko Tani1, Yutaka Katayama2, Tomoaki Yamakawa1, Shintaro Horii1, Ryuji Shimada1, Yuichiro Somiya1, and Akiko Kusaka1
1Center for Radiology and Radiation Oncology, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan, 2Division of Radiological Technology, Osaka City University Hospital, Osaka, Japan
A quantitative evaluation of metal artifacts was performed using Blind/Referenceless Image Spatial Quality Evaluator (BRISQUE), an objective evaluation, and compared with visual evaluation. BRISQUE was associated with visual evaluation and can quantitatively evaluate metal artifacts.
Figure 4. Correlations Between BRISQUE score and visual score