Objective To explore the differences between tke quality control standards of Magnetic resonance imaging ( MRI) system. Methods According to the data acquisition and processing methods of Specification of image quality test and evaluation for medical magnetic resonance imaging ( MRI) equipment (WS) , and American College of Radiology (ACR) standard,6 performance evaluation indicators of 10 MRI system in use were tested : signal-to-noise ratio, image uniformity, slice thickness, geometric accuracy, ghosting, and high contrast resolution, and then we computed the Kappa coefficient for measuring agreement of performance evaluation. Results The Kappa coefficient showed that high contrast resolution ( Kappa = 1. 000) and ghosting ( Kappa = 1. 000) had good agreement. Image uniformity ( Kappa = 0. 421) and slice thickness (Kappa = 0. 615 ) had ordinary agreement. Signal-to-noise ratio ( Kappa = 0. 072 ) and geometric accuracy (Kappa = 0. Ill) had poor agreement. Conclusions For the MRI system with high requirements of signal-to- noise ratio, WS was recommend for quality control. For the MRI system with high requirements of image uniformity and slice thickness, ACR was recommend. It was recommended that both results of WS and ACR should be considered when evaluating the image quality of the MRI system.
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