The purpose of this study was to verify the applicability of measurement of slice thickness of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) by the delta method, and to discuss the measurement precision by the disk diameter and baseline setup of the slice profile of the delta method. The delta method used the phantom which put in the disk made of acrylic plastic. The delta method measured the full width at half maximum (FWHM) and the full width at tenth maximum (FWTM) from the slice profile of the disk signal. Evaluation of the measurement precision of the delta method by the disk diameter and baseline setup were verified by comparison of the FWHM and FWTM. In addition, evaluation of the applicability of the delta method was verified by comparison of the FWHM and FWTM using the wedge method. The baseline setup had the proper signal intensity of an average of 10 slices in the disk images. There were statistically significant difference in the FWHM between disk diameter of 10 mm and disk diameter of 30 mm and 5 mm. The FWHM of the disk diameter of 10 mm was smaller than the disk diameter of 30 mm and 5 mm. There was no statistically significant difference in the FWHM between the delta method and the wedge method. There is no difference in the effective slice thickness of the delta method and the wedge method. The delta method has an advantage in measurement of thin slice thickness.
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