ACR Breast MRI Accreditation

Greater Waterbury Imaging Center BMRAP# 50937 – 01

On 06/08/2016, your facility was issued a Breast MRI Accreditation Final Report.

The American College of Radiology’s Committee on Breast MRI Accreditation is pleased to inform GWICthat the above­ named breast MRI unit has been GRANTED ACCREDITATION for a period of three years.

Accreditation is granted if your facility has met all of the testing criteria established by the ACR Committee on Breast
MRI Accreditation. Your breast MRI unit’s results are presented in the following table:

BMRAP ID­Unit #: 50937­01 Unit Year & Manufacturer: 2010 General Electric
Known, enhancing biopsy­proven carcinoma ACCEPTABLE
Overall Accreditation Outcome ACCREDITATION GRANTED

Standardized scoring procedures were used in the review of all images and data submitted for evaluation. The clinical cases must be passed by 2 radiologist reviewers in order to receive accreditation. During the review, the following image
quality categories are scored for each case: pulse sequences and image contrast, positioning and anatomic coverage,
artifacts, spatial and temporal resolution and exam identification. Additional comments may be provided by the reviewers to further improve image quality.

Full Report: FR_BMRAP#_50937_01

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