Abstract #4338

NIST/ISMRM MRI System Phantom T1 Measurements on Multiple MRI Systems

Kathryn E. Keenan¹, Michael A. Boss¹, Edward F. Jackson², Seon-joo Kown³, Dominique L. Jennings³, Stephen Russek¹

¹National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO, United States; ²Imaging Physics, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States; ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States

An MRI system phantom was developed through collaboration between the ISMRM and NIST. We used this phantom to answer: 1) how does measured T1 compare to the known T1; and 2) is there variation in the measured T1 across multiple MRI systems? For more information on the NIST/ISMRM phantom, please visit: http://collaborate.nist.gov/mriphantoms/bin/view/MriPhantoms/MRISystemPhantom.