Enhancing MRI efficiency in musculoskeletal examinations: Impact of optimized facility design and workflow optimization efforts.

Journal: European journal of radiology
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: To assess the workflow efficiency of an optimized MRI facility design compared to conventional facilities.

Authors

  • Alexander Herold
    Division of General and Paediatric Radiology, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
  • Wei-Ching Lo
    Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Andrew Sharp
    Medical Analytics Group, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
  • Barbara D Wichtmann
    Department of Radiology, Mass General Brigham, Boston, MA, USA. Barbara.Wichtmann@ukbonn.de.
  • Sean P Hartmann
    Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Arhaan Gupta-Rastogi
    Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Lauren M Melski
    Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
  • John Conklin
    Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA; Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.
  • Min Lang
    Division of Thoracic Imaging and Intervention, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Bryan Clifford
    Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Shivraman Giri
    Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Michael Weber
    Computational Imaging Research Lab, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
  • James A Brink
  • Oleg Pianykh
    Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Onofrio A Catalano
    Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts.
  • Susie Y Huang
    Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Charlestown, Massachusetts.
  • Jad S Husseini
    Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: jad.husseini@mgh.harvard.edu.