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About this Seminar
The technical capabilities of magnetic resonance imaging continue to present significant challenges to optimize clinical examinations and produce high
image quality. This seminar will address the critical information you need to master to be a successful MRI technologist. The seminar will feature
practical clinical scenarios the technologist faces and how to deal with them. You will come away with useful applied information to help you take
maximum advantage of the capabilities of your scanner, work safely in this environment and provide the best images to answer the clinical question for
each patient.
Interview with instructor about this seminar
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Educational Objectives
At the completion of this seminar,
participants will:
- Understand the established guidelines for MRI safety.
- Appreciate the high importance of implementing a comprehensive MRI safety plan.
- Have further insight into the issues of MRI contrast.
- Develop strategies for dealing with patient handling problems.
- Have improved understanding of technical issues that impact MR image quality and how to optimize them.
- Appreciate some of the difference in MR vendor platforms.
- Understand how to resolve some of the challenges encountered in difficult MR cases.
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Locations & Dates
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Who Should Attend
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This seminar is for practicing MR technologists. It would also be helpful to students, vendor personnel and radiology residents wishing to
understand how to apply the technology of MR imaging.
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About the Instructor
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Vera K. Kimbrell, BS, RT(R)(MR)
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Vera K. Kimbrell, BSRT(R)(MR) is a graduate of the University of Central Arkansas and the Baptist School of Radiology in
Little Rock, Arkansas. Vera was introduced to MRI in 1985 and soon became the lead tech and site manager at the Baptist
Hospital in Little Rock. Vera passed the first MR registry, which was given in 1995. This was the starting point of her
desire to help other technologists become proficient in the field. She was employed at Shields Health Care in Brockton,
MA where she has played a key role in the development and management of an MRI accelerated internship program for RT’s.
Vera is currently employed at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. She has been a member of SMRT for 10 years and
currently serves as its President-elect. MTMI is excited to have Vera share her knowledge and enthusiasm with MTMI students.
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Seminar Credit
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This program provides 8 hours of Category A continuing education credit for radiologic technologists recognized by the ARRT and various licensure
states. A certificate of attendance will be provided for each individual upon completion of the seminar. All attendees must attend the entire
seminar to receive full credit.
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Seminar Schedule
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8:00 am
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Registration and Coffee
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8:30 am
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Implementing a Safe MRI Environment
- Review of FDA/ACR safety standards
- Examine how to train and maintain approved safety plan
- Adapting your protocols and parameters to meet the conditions for safe scanning
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10:20 am
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Informal Discussion and Break
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10:30 am
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Tips on Patient Handling/Positioning
- Understanding contrast media and injection issues
- Dealing with patients in the new healthcare environment
- Difficult situations and strategies to help resolve
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12:00 noon
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Lunch - (on your own)
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1:00 pm
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Tips for Improving Your MR Images
- Parameters affecting SNR
- changes that help you improve your scan quality
- Parameters that affect time
- scanning faster while maintaining protocols and quality
- Coil technology
- improvements to enhance quality and scan time
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2:50 pm
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Informal Discussion and Break
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3:00 pm
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Tips for Improving Your MR Images (continued)
- Vendor platform differences
- how to handle changes for consistent results
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3:30 pm
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Tips for Dealing with those Difficult Cases
- Review of difficult cases
- Discussion of issues and resolution
- Taking your profession to the "next level"
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4:30 pm
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Adjourn
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Registration
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