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Magnetic resonance imaging quality control, quality assurance and quality improvement

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Quality in MR imaging is a comprehensive process that encompasses scanner performance, clinical processes for efficient scanning and reporting, as well as data-driven improvement involving measurement of key performance indicators. In this paper, the authors review this entire process. This article provides a framework for establishing a successful MR quality program. The collective experiences of the authors across a spectrum of pediatric hospitals is summarized here.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Akron Children’s Hospital, One Perkins Square, Akron, OH, 44308, USA

    Gayathri Sreedher

  2. Department of Radiology, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA

    Mai-Lan Ho & Mark Smith

  3. Department of Medical Imaging, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ, USA

    Unni K. Udayasankar

  4. Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Seretha Risacher & Michael S. Gee

  5. Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Otto Rapalino & Michael S. Gee

  6. Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Hospital for Sick Children, Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Mary-Louise C. Greer & Andrea S. Doria

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Mai-Lan Ho is the principal investigator of a Siemens Healthineers/Radiological Society of North America Research Scholar grant, has received the Society for Pediatric Radiology Pilot Award, has received the William N. Hanafee grant from the American Society of Head and Neck Radiology, and is a co-investigator for an American College of Radiology Innovation Fund grant. Andrea S. Doria is the principal investigator of research grants from Baxalta-Shire, the Terry Fox Foundation and the PSI Foundation.

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Sreedher, G., Ho, ML., Smith, M. et al. Magnetic resonance imaging quality control, quality assurance and quality improvement. Pediatr Radiol 51, 698–708 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-021-05043-6

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