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Brain Imaging Quality Assurance: How to Acquire the Best Brain Images Possible

Barbara J. Grabher
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology March 2019, 47 (1) 13-20; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.118.211771
Barbara J. Grabher
Grabher Consulting and Specialty Services, Abingdon, Maryland, and Life Molecular Imaging, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
BS, CNMT, RT(N)
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vol. 47 no. 1 13-20
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.118.211771
PubMed 
30683691

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Society of Nuclear Medicine
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0091-4916
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1535-5675
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  • Received for publication September 11, 2018
  • Accepted for publication November 13, 2018
  • Published online March 5, 2019.

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  1. Barbara J. Grabher, BS, CNMT, RT(N)
  1. Grabher Consulting and Specialty Services, Abingdon, Maryland, and Life Molecular Imaging, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
  1. For correspondence or reprints contact: Barbara J. Grabher, Grabher Consulting and Specialty Services, 3113 Pouska Rd., Abingdon, MD 21009. E-mail: barbara.grabher@gmail.com
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    • DEFINITION OF QUALITY
    • THREE AREAS OF QUALITY IN IMAGING
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