Table 1.
+, agree but no consensus; *, agree with consensus; **, strongly agree with consensus
Harmonisation | |
One acquisition protocol should be created to cover all quantitative (response) assessment of metastatic disease (“one size fits all”) | * |
Define Matrix size | + |
Define Slice thickness | * |
Define fat suppression technique | * |
Define minimum number of b-values | * |
Define min/max b-values | * |
Whole body (head to mid-thigh) | * |
It should be possible to do quantitative (response) assessment on data from different scanners of the same manufacturer/model | ** |
It should be possible to do quantitative (response) assessment on data from different scanners of different manufacturers | * |
An appropriately trained person should always perform a set up optimisation with a suitable test object. | ** |
A regular QC test should be carried out with a suitable test object. | ** |
It should be possible to define a post-processing pipeline that allows any ADC map from any scanner to be compared. | ** |
ADC, apparent diffusion coefficient; QC, quality control;