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

Purpose: 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.

Materials And Methods: ACR phantom images are acquired on 15 MRI scanners at a number of ACR-accredited sites to fulfill requirements of a weekly QC program. MRI technologists routinely perform several measurements on these images.