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Hands-On MRI Workshop for Physicists

A Three Day Workshop for Physicists
About This Workshop

Certification of MRI facilities is required for some facilities under the MIPPA regulations and is voluntary for others. Clinical medical physicists have an important role to play in assessing the performance of MRI units under these programs as well as assisting facilities to implement more advanced applications which will expand their MRI services. This course combines a comprehensive series of lectures on the technology of MRI with six hands-on lab sessions to provide practical demonstrations of key concepts and testing procedures. The University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, OH has graciously offered the use of MRI units for the laboratories. This is a unique opportunity to learn both theory and testing of MRI units from an experienced and knowledgeable faculty. Participation will provide the continuing education credit required for supporting certified MRI facilities.
Educational Objectives
At the completion of this course, participants will be able to:
  • Describe the factors affecting MR image quality, routine and advanced pulse sequences, fast scanning techniques and sources of artifacts.
  • Outline the assessment of MR machine performance utilizing the ACR MRI phantom.
  • Describe the performance of advanced applications; diffusion/perfusion, MR Angiography and Spectroscopy procedures and Parallel imaging.
  • Describe coil and homogeneity testing and quality assurance procedures for MRI units.
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Workshop Format
The workshop will be partially conducted in a classroom lecture format and partially in a hands-on laboratory format utilizing MRI units, work stations and various phantoms. The workshop will commence at 2:00 pm Friday and end at 3:30 pm on Sunday. A pizza dinner will be provided on Friday evening as well as a continental breakfast and lunch on both Saturday and Sunday. Attendees will be divided into small groups and rotated through the six 1.5 hour hands-on laboratory demonstrations. A syllabus with supporting material for presentations and labs will be provided.

Registration for this workshop will be limited due to the hands-on-format.

You are encouraged to register early.
Workshop Credit
The Medical Technology Management Institute (MTMI) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education for physicians.
MTMI designates this educational activity for a maximum of 19.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

An application has been made to CAMPEP for approval of up to 20.75 hours of Medical Physics Continuing Education Credits (MPCEC) for qualified medical physicists. A certificate documenting attendance will be provided to all participants.

* SAM Credit Awarded Qualified by the American Board of Radiology in meeting the criteria for self-assessment toward the purpose of fulfilling requirements in the ABR Maintenance of Certification Program. The ABR qualification was received on May 2, 2013 for MTMGQ030513-1736 - The Basic Physics of MRI Imaging

* SAM Credit Awarded Qualified by the American Board of Radiology in meeting the criteria for self-assessment toward the purpose of fulfilling requirements in the ABR Maintenance of Certification Program. The ABR qualification was received on May 2, 2013 for MTMGQ030513-1733 - Intrinsic MR Image Quality Parameters
In Collaboration
This course is sponsored by the Medical Technology Management Institute (MTMI) in collaboration with University Hospitals Case Medical Center (UHCMC). Co-program directors are J. Ed Barnes, PhD from MTMI and David Jordan, PhD from UHCMC
Faculty
David Jordan, PhD
Senior Medical Physicist
University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Cleveland, OH

Vikas Gulani, MD, PhD
Director of MRI
University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Cleveland, OH

Mark Griswold, PhD
University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Cleveland, OH

Donna Reeve, MS
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Kathryn W. Huff, MS
Fusion Physics LLC
Valrico, FL

Joseph Och, MS
Geisinger Health System
Danville, PA

Paul Johnson, MS
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

J. Ed Barnes, PhD
President
MTMI
Milwaukee, WI

Labs
LAB A
Scanning the ACR Phantom for Accreditation and Daily QC

LAB B
RF Coil Testing for QC; Field Homogeneity Testing

LAB C
MRI Safety Demonstration

LAB D
MR Image Artifacts

LAB E
Soft-Copy Display Principles and Procedures Hands-on

LAB F
Basic Image Quality Measurements and Evaluation
Workshop Schedule

Day One
2:00 pm Registration
2:30 pm Clinical MRI Applications (including 3T)
... TBA
3:30 pm The Basic Physics of MR Imaging
... E. Barnes
SAM #1 - MTMGQ030513-1736 (received 5/2/13)
4:30 pm Principles of MR Image Formation
... D. Reeve
5:30 pm Pizza Break
6:00 pm Basic MR Pulse Sequences
... D. Jordan
7:00 pm Intrinsic MR Image Quality Parameters
... D. Jordan
SAM #2 - MTMGQ030513-1733 (received 5/2/13)
8:00 pm Adjourn for the Day
Day Two
7:00 am Continental Breakfast
7:30 am ACR MR Accreditation Program Overview and Update
... D. Jordan
7:50 am The ACR Accreditation Phantom Testing and QC
... K. Huff
9:05 am Informal Discussion and Break
9:20 am MR Safety
... J. Och
10:20 am Lab Session #1
11:50 am Lunch (provided)
12:30 pm MR System Hardware
... M. Griswold
1:15 pm Parallel Imaging Techniques and Applications
... M. Griswold
2:00 pm Lab Session #2
3:30 pm Informal Discussion and Break
3:45 pm Lab Session #3
5:15 pm Questions and Discussion
5:30 pm Adjourn for the Day
Day Three
7:00 am Continental Breakfast
7:45 am Advanced Applications
... D. Reeve
  • MRS
  • Diffusion
  • Perfusion
  • fMRI
8:45 am MR Angiography Applications
... V. Gulani
9:45 am Informal Discussion and Break
10:00 am Lab Session #4
11:30 am Lunch (provided)
12:00 pm Lab Session #5
1:30 pm Lab Session #6
3:00 pm Questions and Evaluation
3:30 pm End of Course          schedule subject to change
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