Table of Contents
Preamble
Foreword
Rationale
Scope
Section1-DEFINITION
1.1Coil-RelatedDefinitions
1.1.1SensitiveVolume
1.1.2SensitiveArea
1.1.3ImagingRegionofInterest(IROI)
1.1.4ReferencePosition
1.1.5PhasedArrayCoils
1.1.6Sub-Coils
1.1.7Sub-CoilSets(orModes)
1.1.8PhasedArray-SurfaceSub-Coils
1.1.9PhasedArray-VolumeSub-Coils
1.2Analysis-RelatedDefinitions
1.2.1CharacterizationVolume
1.2.2CharacterizationArea
1.2.3MeasurementRegionofInterest(MROI)
1.2.4MeasurementSubregionofInterest(SROI)
1.2.5SpecificationVolume
1.3Phantom-RelatedDefinitions
1.3.1Signal-ProducingVolume(Phantom)
1.4Image-RelatedDefinitions
1.4.1ImageArtifact
1.4.2ImageUniformity/Nonuniformity
1.4.3BaselinePixelOffsetValue
1.4.4ImageSignal
1.4.5ImageNoise
1.4.6ImageSignal-to-NoiseRatio
Section2-METHODSOFMEASUREMENT
2.1TestHardware
2.1.1MRCharacteristicsoftheSignalProducingVolume
(Phantom)
2.1.2RFCoilLoadingCharacteristics
2.1.3RFCoilandPositioningDevice
2.2SelectionofMeasurementGeometry
2.2.1SelectionoftheReferencePosition,Characterization
VolumeandArea
2.2.2MeasurementRegion-of-Interest(MROI)
2.2.3NoiseEvaluationArea
2.2.4SlicePositions
2.3ScanConditions
2.4MeasurementProcedure
Section3-REPORTINGOFRESULTS
3.1ReportingofSNR
3.1.1GeometricInformation
3.1.2Data-AcquisitionParameters
3.1.3SNRResults
3.2ReportingofUniformity
3.2.1GeometricandPhantomInformation
3.2.2Data-AcquisitionParameters
3.2.3UniformityResults
3.3UncertaintyofMeasurements
Annex-AChangestoStandard Abstract
Describes test methods for measuring the signal-to-noise ratio and image uniformity of MR images produced using receive-only phased array coils. Other coil configurations have been addressed in MS 1, MS 3, and MS 6.
