Impact of patient comfort on diagnostic image quality during PET/MR exam: A quantitative survey study for clinical workflow management.

CONCLUSION: Our results show that PET/MR scanning is generally safe and comfortable for most of the patients. Statistical analysis does not support the hypothesis that bad patient's perception leads to degraded image quality. PMID: 31207077 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics - June 16, 2019 Category: Physics Authors: Chen S, Hu P, Gu Y, Pang L, Zhang Z, Zhang Y, Meng X, Cao T, Liu X, Fan Z, Shi H Tags: J Appl Clin Med Phys Source Type: research