Overview

To equip new MRI department team members with the essential knowledge, technical skills, safety protocols, and communication tools needed to perform their roles effectively while upholding OSSWF’s high standards of patient care, image quality, and professionalism. 

Systems & Software Training

Responsibilities

• Checking in and out MRI patients.

• Schedule MRI and MRI results appointments.

• Call and confirm appointments for the following day.

• Answer phone calls and check for voicemails.

• Go through screening forms with patients.

• Review MRI orders for accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Review screening forms with patients.

• Prepare patients for scan.

• Operating the MRI machine.

• Stay knowledge on implant guidelines and safety protocols.

• Monitor patient well-being during the scan.

• Review images for quality and clarity.

How to Burn a CD from Medstrat (Joints)

Taking the Download and Burning it to CD

1. Click on Downloads

2. You will see your "email address-pts name" as file name

3. Click this file and click Burn Disc Image

4. Click Open

5. A pop up with open and click Burn again

Verify Images

1. Once it has completed burning, take the CD out and reinsert it

2. Click on View Study 

3. Make sure images are there and for correct patient/exam

Label CD with Patient Information

• Name

• DOB

• MRI of the _________

• DOS

How to Run Daily QA

Every Night Set up Daily QA in Head Coil- Center on the marking on the coil.

1. System Check

2. Quality Assurance

3. Customer Quality Assurance

4. General

5. Click "Coil Check- HeadNeck 16" and unclick any other coil

6. Hit Go

a. You will get a pop up to confirm your centering/set up. Click OK.

7. When it is done you should have green OK by it.

How to Run Weekly QA

Patient Browser Tab

• Go to patient browser

• Type in "ACR" in search bar

• Hit enter

• Find most recent ACR weekly

• Right click on this and select "New Examination"

Patient Registration/Exam Selection

• Enter in Height = 6'0" and Weight = 200 lbs

• Program selection = OSSWF >> Head >> Brain >> MRI Accreditation

• Body Part = Brain

• Patient Orientation = Head First, Supine

• Hit Exam

Scanning

• Hit Go (twice) to run the first localizer

• Set up sagittal loc off of the first one.... BEFORE you hit go

  • Go to system - adjustments - manual adjustments (bottom rt of screen)

• Frequency

  • Hit apply - observe the #

  • Hit Go 

  • Hit apply - observe the #

  • Hit Go

• Write down the # 

  • If it changes a lot please message Mitch

• Transmitter (left of the screen)

  • Do the same thing that you did for Frequency

• Hit close and hit Go to run the sequence

• For MRI Accreditation T1 set up like normal off of both locations

  • Equal distance between where each triangle meets

• Hit Go

Completing MR Screening Form