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Hands-On MRI Workshop for Physicists
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Overview
About this Course
Annual testing and certification is a growing requirement of MRI facilities under the imaging standards of the Joint Commission and the MIPPA regulations. 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 applications which will expand their MRI services. This course combines a series of lectures on the technology of MRI with hands-on lab sessions to provide practical demonstrations of key concepts and testing procedures.
Educational Objectives
At the completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Describe the factors affecting MR image quality.
- Understand routine clinical pulse sequences and sources of artifacts.
- Understand the assessment of MRI performance using the ACR MRI phantom.
- Describe RF coil and field homogeneity testing techniques.
- Organize and perform quality control tests on an MRI unit.
- Recognize artifacts in MR images.
- Understand concepts and applications of parallel imaging in MRI.
~ AAPM endorses the educational component of this program. ~
It does not, however, endorse any
product used or referred to in the program.
Schedule
Workshop Schedule
Day One
| 7:30 am | Registration & Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 am | NMR Signal and Tissue Characteristics |
| 9:00 am | Lab A: Scanning and Analysis of the ACR Phantom (Group 1) Lab B: Basic Image Quality Measurements (Group 2) |
| 11:30 am | Lunch (provided) |
| 12:00 pm | Lab B: Basic Image Quality Measurements (Group 2) |
| 1:30 pm | MRI Safety |
| 3:30 pm | Lab C: Applied MR Safety (Group 1) |
| 5:00 pm | Adjourn for the Day |
Day Two
| 7:30 am | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 am | Lab D: Clinical QA, Protocols, and Troubleshooting (Group 1) |
| 9:30 am | Magnet Homogeneity Testing |
| 10:30 am | Lab E: RF Coil Testing (Group 1) |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch (provided) |
| 12:30 pm | Lab F: Magnet Homogeneity Testing (Group 1) |
| 2:00 pm | Summary, Discussion, Q&A |
| 2:30 pm | Adjourn Course |
LABS:
A: Scanning and Analysis of the ACR Phantom
B: Basic Image Quality Measurements
C: Applied MR Safety
D: Clinical QA, Protocols, and Troubleshooting
Lab E: RF Coil Testing
Lab F: Magnet Homogeneity Testing
Audience
This seminar is for medical physicists and others wanting to learn more about the technical aspects of MR imaging and those wishing to obtain the continuing education credits required for physicists by the ACR MRI facility certification requirements. It is also appropriate for medical physics students and residents, technically oriented radiologists, MRI technologists and MRI company personnel will also find it of value.
Faculty
Name
Max Amurao, PhD, MBA, DABR(D,N), MRSE, CMLSO
Max has been in the Medical Physics field for over 20 years. In addition to being heavily involved in Medical Physics education, his clinical practice encompasses Diagnostic Medical Physics, Nuclear Medical Physics, Therapeutic Medical Physics, Radiation and MRI Safety, as well as Laser Safety. He currently serves as the Radiation Safety Officer for Washington University in St. Louis, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, and St. Louis Children's Hospital. He also has faculty appointments in the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology as well as the Radiation Oncology Department.
Name
David Jordan, PhD
Chief Medical Physicist, Radiation Safety
Associate Director of Clinical Research, Radiology
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Cleveland, OH
Credits
CAMPEP
This program provides 14,50 hours of continuing education for medical physicists. The program has been approved by CAMPEP for Medical Physics Continuing Education Credit (MPCEC) for qualified medical physicists.
ASRT Category A
This program provides (Pending) hour(s) of Category A continuing education credit for radiologic technologists approved by ASRT and recognized by the ARRT and various licensure states. Category A credit is also recognized for CE credit in Canada. You must attend the entire program to receive your certificate of completion.
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