On replacing the manual measurement of ACR phantom images performed by MRI technologists with an automated measurement approach

To assess whether measurements on American College of Radiology (ACR) phantom images performed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technologists as part of a weekly quality control (QC) program could be performed exclusively using an automated system without compromising the integrity of the QC program.

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