This program reviews fundamental MRI safety protocols and meets the annual training recommendations from the American College of Radiology. Importantly, MRI facilities must now comply with the revised requirements for diagnostic imaging from The Joint Commission and document that MRI technologists participate in ongoing education that includes annual training on safe MRI practices in the MRI environment. As such, Advanced MRI Safety Training for Healthcare Professionals, Level 2 MR Personnel covers each MRI safety topic specified by The Joint Commission, as well as many additional subjects that will expand the knowledge-base of healthcare professionals.

With more than 30 years of experience in the field of MRI, the author of the best selling textbook series, the Reference Manual for Magnetic Resonance Safety, Implants and Devices, and the creater of the internationally popular website, www.MRIsafety.com, Dr. Frank G. Shellock is uniquely qualified to present the information in this program.

Advanced MRI Safety Training for Healthcare Professionals, Level 2 MR Personnel is a 150 minute program that is divided into three sections.

Educational Objectives

• Understand the safety issues related to MRI.
• Describe the bioeffects associated with the static magnetic field, time-varying magnetic, and radiofrequency fields.
• Present guidelines that prevent projectile-related accdents.
• Describe polices that avoid issues related to acoustic noise.
• Review procedures that prevent burns associated with MRI.
• Explain and demonstrate appropriate pre-MRI screening procedures.
• Identify techniques to manage patients with claustrophobia, anxiety, or emotional distress.
• Describe guidelines to handle medical emergencies in the MRI setting.
• Identify safety considerations for gadolinium-based contrast agents.

This is a Pay-To-View program. Purchase is required for full program access.

In today’s healthcare environment, working in a vascular laboratory is extremely demanding, requiring a multitude of critical skills and abilities from today’s sonographer. The renal artery duplex examination is often viewed as the single most difficult examination performed. This lecture will cover a detailed description of the examination from patient preparation, to stenosis criteria and a broad array of tips and tricks in both a variety of normal and pathological settings. Sonography is very dependent on strong visual and motor skills along with critical thinking abilities.

This presentation is designed to help the sonographer and physician formulate a plan to deal with difficult clinical presentations:

Educational Objectives
Upon completion of this webinar one should be able to:

• Understand the common indications for performing the renal artery duplex examination.
• Note the importance of knobology and image optimization while insonating the renal arterial and venous system.
• Identify the importance of direct and indirect renal artery assessment.
• Discuss how to obtain a clinically diagnostic renal artery duplex examination.

In this first installment of a two-part series, Dr. Liane Philpotts, Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Chief of Breast Imaging, and Dr. Melissa Durand, Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology, both from the Yale School of Medicine, will share their experiences working with digital breast tomosynthesis in a clinical setting.

Part I will discuss the following:

• The impact on recall rates and cancer detection of using breast tomosynthesis in screening mammography.
• The impact of breast tomosynthesis on diagnostic workups.
• Patient cases comparing conventional mammography with conventional mammography plus breast tomosynthesis.

Includes a 15 minute 2015 update presented by Dr. Durand covering the following:

• Differences between vendor options for presently FDA-approved tomosynthesis units
• Review the literature since last webinar (2013) regarding:
  • Screening mammography with tomosynthesis
  • Diagnostic mammography with tomosynthesis
  • Cost analysis of tomosynthesis
  • Demonstrate what we have learned about the tomosynthesis appearance of cancer

In the last few years, modern power injectors have seen technological advances, which now make them a critical component in the CT Suite. In many busy academic and community imaging settings the average practicing radiologist or radiologic technologist is not likely to be aware of these many technological advances and the growing role this component plays in their ability to image effectively, efficiently and ultimately increase the opportunity for patient safety in their facility.

In this Expert Forum webcast Dr. Dushyant Sahani, Massachusetts General Hospital and Prof. Xavier Montet, Geneva University Hospital aim to provide a brief history of the evolution of the power injector and a look at how new equipment can save time, money and increase the opportunity for patient safety in your CT suite.

Following completion of this program, audience members will be able to:

• Understand the increasing role of power injectors in CT imaging.
• Describe the technological advances affecting patient safety.
• Describe how increased workflow efficiency can be achieved.

This Program Has Been Supported Through An Unrestricted Educational Grant from Bracco Diagnostics, Inc..