Recognized standard

MS 5-2018

FDA recognition 12-322 · NEMA · Radiology

Key facts

Recognition number 12-322
Designation MS 5-2018
Title Determination of Slice Thickness in Diagnostic Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Standards developer National Electrical Manufacturers Association
Specialty area Radiology
Date of entry Jan 14, 2019
Device classes Class 2
Scope (excerpt) This standards publication provides a method for determining the slice thickness of proton images. Both the typical and the typically thinnest slices in routine clinical use for a particular system are determined at one location within the specification volume and only one of the three orthogonal…

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