MRI Registry Review

MRI Registry Review
Saturday, June 13, 2009 - Sunday, June 14, 2009
Lawrenceville, GA

MEETING SPONSOR:
Advanced Health Education Center in Partnership with Gwinnett Medical Center

8502 Tybor Drive
Houston, TX 77074
Toll-Free 800-239-1361
713-772-0157
FAX 713-772-0155
Website: http://aheconline.com

CONFERENCE CENTER:
Gwinnett Medical Center Resource Center
665 Duluth Highway
Resource Center is in Springfield Plaza Shopping Center across highway from medical center campus
Lawrenceville, GA 30045

MEETING DESCRIPTION:
MRI Registry Review
You can prepare for the advanced level MRI examination through this specially designed workshop. A comprehensive review will be accomplished during this 16-hour course. You will learn the technical contents as well as ARRT examination information to prepare for the exam. Students have used this class to successfully complete the exam. Previous students who have taken the exam have told us the course is well designed to accomplish this goal. A study guide is included for reference. You won’t want to miss this opportunity!
Each presentation has only one faculty presenter.
Course Topics
Day 1
Fundamental Principles of Image Formation; Instrumentation; Magnetism, Magnets, and Magnet Design; Shielding, Shimming; Gradients; Fundamental MRI Principles; Nuclear characteristics; Creating the MR signal; Precession, Larmor Equation, Resonance; Tissue characteristics; Relaxation times and curves; T1, T2, T2*, PD Contrast; Patient Care and Safety
Day 2
Pulse sequence design; T1-, T2-, T2*-, PD-weighted images; Spin Echo; Gradient Recalled Echo, in and out of phase; Coherent, incoherent; Inversion Recovery; STIR, FLAIR; Fast Spin Echo, Fast Field Echo; MR Angiography; Fat Saturation, Fat Suppression; Artifact Reduction; Spatial Localization; Gradient Design; Spatial Encoding; K Space, Data Acquisition; Image Formation; Sampling Time; Sampling Rate: Sequence Parameters and Options; Image Quality; Image Optimization; Contrast Discrimination; Spatial Resolution; Signal to Noise



INSTRUCTORS:
Wheeler

CME HOURS: 16

LECTURE TOPICS:
MRI

ACTIVITIES: not listed