Course description
Devices and MRI Compatibility
This three day course covers the scientific, technical and regulatory knowledge you need to safely use devices in the magnetic resonance (MR) environment.
All aspects of MR compatibility of devices are covered, including
- Safety and efficaciousness
- Device and MRI instrument functioning
- Data quality
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Upcoming start dates
1 start date available
Suitability - Who should attend?
This course is for:
- MR specialists (radiologists, technologists, physicists and engineers)
- Device engineers, designers and inventors
- Medical physicists and biomedical engineers
- Safety officials and engineers
- Researchers and practitioners.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
- Promote knowledge transfer and exchange between all people involved in developing devices for the MR environment and using them safely
- Promote the concept of device future-proofing based on MR compatibility
By the end of the course, you'll be able to:
- Describe the main safety and health hazards associated with the MR environment
- Demonstrate a good understanding of the MR safety regulations
- Describe the physical fields employed in the MR imaging instrument
- Describe the potential physical interactions between any device and the MR fields, and consequences in terms of safety and device and MR instrument performance
- Describe some of the means available for mitigating or eliminating the undesirable effects associated with device exposure to the MR environment
Training Course Content
Can I put this person with this thing inside the scanner?
- Overview of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Introduction to devices and the MR compatibility problem
- Current regulations: applications and clinical management of devices in MRI
- Clinical and research governance
Physical principles for device design and applications
- Theory of MR scanners
- Hazards associated with the presence of devices in the MR environment
- MR and device performance
- Case studies
Towards getting a device approved: standards and regulations
- Passive vs. active devices in the MRI scanner
- Evaluation of device-MR interactions
- MRI RF safety evaluations for active and passive implantable medical devices
Course delivery details
Length and time commitment
- Time commitment: 24 hours
- Course length: 3 days
Expenses
The standard Course fee is £600.
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