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COURSE OVERVIEW

Managing SAR in Today's MR: FREE

Managing SAR in Today's MR: FREE
Certificate Online Video
Course Credit Type
Certificate
Course Faculty
Kris Giordano, R.T. (R)(MR)
Course Category
*Free Imaging Courses, **Self-Study/On-Demand
Course Format
Online Video
Course Credit
N/A
Course Release Date
January 16, 2017
Course Expiration Date
January 31, 2019
Course Cost / Access
Included with your license benefits
Program Summary
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  • Introduction / Lecture Goals - Purpose
  • MRI's 3 fields and their risks
    1. Main static magnetic field
    2. Radiofrequency field
    3. Imaging Gradient fields
  • What is SAR?
    1. Definition
    2. FDA limits
    3. Manufacturer operating modes
  • Keeping SAR in check
    1. Patient types more prone to SAR
    2. Positioning musts
    3. Sequence balancing
  • Parameter interactions
    1. Managing TR using concatenations / acquisitions / packages
    2. Parallel imaging : BOGO sale
      1. Vendor options : parallel imaging
      2. Clinical applications parallel imaging
    3. Flip angle modulation techniques
      1. Do's and don'ts
  • MRI conditional implants : clinical application
    1. Example #1 : Medtronic pacemaker
    2. Example # 2: Coronary Stent
    3. Example # 3: Spinal cord stimulator
    4. Example # 4 : Programmable CSF shunt
  • Closing statements / lecture summary