By the end of the program Technologists should be able to operate new features and perform basic to intermediate clinical applications on the Signa HDxt 1.5T system.

 

Details:

COURSE LENGTH: 8 Onsite Days / 10 TVA Hours
ACCREDITATION TYPE: CE, ASRT - Technologists/Allied Health
CREDIT HOURS: 25.5 CE
COURSE ID: W0109MR

 

Week One Agenda

Day One:

• Working Safely
• System Hardware Overview
• HIPAA Login Overview
• Selecting Coils and Positioning the Patient
• Scanning /Protocol Management and Workflow
• Pre-scanning
• Displaying Images
• Filming Images
• Managing Images
• Patient Scanning

Day Two:

• Localizer PSDs
• SE and IR Pulse Sequences
• 2D/3D GRE and FGRE Pulse Sequences
• 2D/3D FSE-XL Pulse Sequences
• 2D/3D FRFSE-XL Pulse Sequences
• SSFSE-XL Pulse Sequences
• FLAIR Pulse Sequences
• PROPELLER Pulse Sequences

Day Three (Introduction to Clinical Applications):

• Parallel Imaging with ASSET, GEM and ARC
• Imaging with the LAVA-XV Application
• 2D/3D Dual Echo GRE Pulse Sequences
• IDEAL Pulse Sequence (Option)
• 2D/3D TOF MRA Pulse Sequences
• Imaging with 3D COSMIC and 2D MERGE
• Post Processing
• Patient Scanning

 Day Four:

• Improving Image Quality with Imaging Options & Image Enhance
• Cartilage Evaluation with CartiGram T2 Mapping
• Imaging Real-time with iDrive
• Basic Gating and Triggering
• Patient Scanning
• Post Training Documentation

Week Two Agenda

Day One (Vascular Imaging):

• SmartPrep/Step and FluoroTriggering
• Vascular Imaging with TRICKS /ASSET
• Vascular Imaging with SwiFT (Option)
• Vascular Imaging with Non Contrast MRA Pulse Sequences
• Phase Contrast MRA Pulse Sequences
• Analyzing Images with ReportCARD, MIROI or MASS
• Patient Scanning

Day Two (Cardiac Imaging):

• Spin Echo and FastCine Cardiac Pulse Sequences
• Double/ Triple-IR Cardiac Pulse Sequences
• 2D/3D FIESTA Cardiac Pulse Sequences
• Cardiac Imaging with MR ECHO (Option)
• Performing Cardiac Analysis with ReportCARD or MASS

Day Three (Neuro Imaging):

• Echo Planar Pulse Sequences
• Analyzing Images with FuncTool Performance
• BrainSTAT
• 3D BRAVO
• FMRI with BrainWave RT and BrainWave PA (Option)
• 3D Cube with ARC (Option)
• 2D/3D Spectroscopy Sequences (Option)
• Neuro Imaging with IDEAL (Option)

 Day Four (Body Imaging):

• Breast Imaging with VIBRANT-XV (Option)
• Breast Evaluation with BREASE (Option)
• Body & Breast Imaging with IDEAL (Option)
• 2D/3D FIESTA and 3D FIESTA-C Pulse Sequences
• Imaging with the LAVA-XV Application Review
• 2D/3D Dual Echo GRE Review
• SSFSE and 2D/3DRFSE Review
• Post Training Documentation