The student will be able to:

1. Demonstrate knowledge in magnet safety for the patient, personnel, and self.
2. Demonstrate application of knowledge and understanding in the proper use of the MRI equipment.
3. Adhere to standards of attendance, punctuality, and dependability.
4. Conduct themselves in a professional manner.
5. Apply theory to practice by exhibiting ongoing, satisfactory job performance skills.
6. Select proper scanning techniques and patient positioning as outlined by the department protocols.
7. Demonstrate knowledge and application of various patient care techniques.
8. Differentiate anatomy and pathophysiology as it relates to MR imaging, with an emphasis on pelvis and musculoskeletal procedures.
9. Critique and evaluate MR images for good diagnostic quality.

1. Safety issues in MRI
   1. MRI screening and safety
      1. Screening and education
         1. Implants
         2. Ferrous foreign bodies
         3. Medical conditions
         4. Prior procedures
         5. Topical or externally applied items
   2. Electromagnetic fields
      1. Static field
      2. Radiofrequency field
      3. Gradient field
   3. Equipment
      1. Placement of conductors
      2. Cryogen safety
      3. Ancillary equipment
   4. Environment
      1. Climate control
      2. Designated MR safety zones
      3. Gauss lines
      4. Emergency procedures
2. Physical principles of image formation
   1. Instrumentation
      1. Electromagnetism
      2. Static magnet
      3. Radiofrequency (RF) system
      4. Gradient system
   2. Fundamentals
      1. Nuclear magnetism
      2. Tissue characteristics
      3. Spatial resolution
   3. Artifacts
      1. Aliasing
      2. Gibbs
      3. Chemical shift
      4. Chemical misregistration
      5. Magnetic susceptibility
      6. RF
      7. Motion and flow
      8. Partial volume averaging
      9. Cross-talk
      10. Cross-excitation
      11. Moire pattern
      12. Parallel imaging artifacts
      13. Eddy current
      14. Dielectric effect
   4. Quality control
      1. Slice thickness
      2. Spatial resolution
      3. Contrast resolution
      4. SNR (signal to noise ratio)
      5. Center frequency
      6. Transmit gain
      7. Geometric accuracy
      8. Equipment inspection
3. Punctuality and dependability
   1. Clinic time reporting
   2. Absenteeism
   3. Communicating whereabouts appropriately
4. Professional conduct
   1. Taking initiative
   2. Communicating effectively
   3. Conducting oneself in a professional manner
5. Job performance
   1. Scanning according to protocol
   2. Planning and organizing work efficiently
   3. Being alert and interested in examinations
   4. Reading and understanding requisition
   5. Communicating effectively
   6. Completing exam in a reasonable amount of time
6. Scanning techniques
   1. Patient positioning
   2. Pulse sequences
   3. Coil selection
   4. Documentation of procedure
   5. Imaging parameters
      1. Repetition time
      2. Echo time
      3. Inversion time
      4. Number of signal averages
      5. Flip angle
      6. Field of view
      7. Matrix
      8. Pixel
      9. Voxel
      10. Number of slices
      11. Slice thickness
      12. Phase and frequency
      13. Echo train length
      14. Effective echo time
      15. Bandwidth
      16. Concatenations
      17. B-value
      18. Velocity encoding
   6. Image contrast
      1. T1 weighted
      2. T2 weighted
      3. PD weighted
      4. T2* weighted
      5. Diffusion weighted imaging
      6. Susceptibility weighted imaging
   7. Imaging options
      1. 2-D and 3-D
      2. Slice order
      3. Spatial saturation pulse/band
      4. Gradient moment nulling
      5. Suppression techniques
      6. Physiologic gating and triggering
      7. In-phase and out-of-phase
      8. Rectangular field of view
      9. Anti-aliasing
      10. Parallel imaging
      11. Filtering
7. Patient care
   1. Patient Interactions and management
   2. Requisition/medical record evaluation
   3. Room preparation
   4. Patient assessment
      1. Patient history/allergies
      2. Physical assistance and monitoring
         1. Patient transfer techniques
         2. Sedated patients
         3. Claustrophobic patients
      3. Medical emergencies
   5. CDC standard precautions
   6. Infection control
   7. Patient discharge/post-procedure instructions
8. Procedures
   1. Pelvis
      1. ​Soft tissue pelvis (e.g., bladder, rectum)
      2. Female soft tissue pelvis
      3. Male soft tissue pelvis
      4. Vascular penis
   2. Musculoskeletal
      1. Temporomandibular joints
      2. Sternum
      3. Sternoclavicular joints
      4. Shoulder
      5. Long bones (upper extremity)
      6. Elbow
      7. Wrist
      8. Hand
      9. Fingers (non-thumb)
      10. Thumb
      11. Bony pelvis
      12. Hip
      13. Long bones (lower extremity)
      14. Knee
      15. Ankle
      16. Foot
      17. Arthrogram
      18. Vascular extremities
      19. Soft tissue (e.g., tumor, infection)
9. Image display/quality
   1. Data acquisition, processing, and storage
      1. Spin echo
      2. Inversion recovery
      3. Gradient echo
      4. Echo planar imaging
      5. Diffusion weighted imaging
      6. Susceptibility weighted imaging
      7. Perfusion
      8. Spectroscopy
   2. Data manipulation
      1. K-space
      2. Fast Fourier transformation
      3. Nyquist theorum
      4. Postprocessing
   3. Informatics
      1. Hard/electronic copy
      2. Archive
      3. Picture archiving and communication system (PACS)/medical image management and processing system (MIMPS)
      4. Security and confidentiality
      5. Networking

1. Radiologic technology (magnetic resonance imaging) clinical practice
   1. Imaging procedures
   2. Data acquisition
   3. Data processing
   4. Physical principles of image formation
   5. Patient care and safety in a clinical setting

Presentation project: case study
Clinical performance evaluation

Discussion
Demonstration
Clinical practice

Westbrook, Catherine. Handbook of MRI Technique. 2021.

Westbrook, Catherine, and John Talbot. MRI in Practice. 2018.

Hashemi, Ray. MRI The Basics. 2017.

Although some of these texts are older than the suggested "5 years or newer" standard, they remain seminal texts in this area of study.

1. Reading assignments as required by the Magnetic Resonance Imaging department.
2. Presentation of a case study.