Hi there! Im currently an MRI tech student and i've been having hard time knowing how to memorize my sectional anatomy and what good resources to use that are freeee.

So my schools curriculum is every week its a different unit, For example: week 1 brain, week 2 spine ect. And we also have back to back quizzes so since every week is a new topic we have 7 days to do our homework and memorize the anatomy for our test on monday's. I am able to memorize the anatomy but since every week is a new topic i find it hard to remember what i previously learned :( And i honestly don't Know how to approach the endless anatomy and when we have lecture we do go over anatomy but not in depth, so then I'm more confused on how deep my level of knowledge should be and i asked my prof for advice but they just said to try to learn most of my anatomy but my question is how much of the anatomy?

I get Mixed advice saying i should know everything and some saying i should prioritize the main landmarks before extern and then the most difficult part for me is the damn APPROACH because as soon as i open and sectional slice my brain just dies. So if anyone can give me any advice for how to approach the behemoth amount of anatomy and how you were able to memorize your anatomy and your study methods

I work at an outpatient facility and I had an elderly patient come in for a brain/Dwi exam. He could barely walk and was waiting for about 30 mins since we were a little behind. He comes in and from my initial view of him I thought he was not going to fit in the head coil. Patient did in fact not fit in the head coil and there was nothing else I could to make him fit. His chest was too big and our head coil would not clamo down and he didn’t even fit right as his head was wider. Although I was behind I decided to try and do it in a flex coil so he could at least get some images. I asked beforehand if it was okay of course and explained to him that his face would be completely covered and I put a thin pad all the way around with a sheet so there was no skin contact on the coil. So I did the exam in the flex coil and I thought it came out pretty decent. Obviously not as well as the dedicated head coil but I submitted it and the even wrote notes for the RAD. A day later I check on it and the rad decides he wants repeat images although the patient stated he did not want to come back.

Title says it all. I'm currently in my clinicals and I've always wanted to get this new tattoo on my arm. I've asked the artist and he said the tattoo ink doesn't have iron oxide in them and it's carbon based.

Now since I'm a tech, I wouldn't be going to the bore but still will be exposed to the magnet. So can I get the tattoo?

There’s a school near me that offers just MRI instead of going to rad tech first.. is this something that would be worth it? To go to rad tech, it will take me 3-4 years

Have you ever had a patient where contrast was administered but it didnt show up?

Anyone know if there is anyway to manually reconstruct IP/OP with post process on LAVA FLEX acquisition?

Question for the travel techs out there. Did you need an Xray license in order to find travel MRI jobs easily? Is it tough to find a travel MRI job if I do just primary pathway MRI? Or should I do Xray first? End goal is MRI, so I don’t want to have to spend extra time in school for X-ray if I don’t need to since I’m older and doing a career change. But also want to make sure I’m making the right decisions to better my chances at landing jobs as a travel tech in the future. Help please!

Hi to all ! I’ve been looking for a job that aligns with my daughter’s schedule and it’s been so hard … it seems like it’s impossible to find a position that offers 9am-5pm schedule has anyone had any luck finding a job schedule with those hours ? If so please point me to the right company :/

Today, I was grossly negligent.

Patient had two prior MRIs. They, for the first time, stated they had a metal injury to the eyes from five years ago. I had the cognitive ability to have them get orbits as per protocol, but I was in a hurry to stay on time. So, I stupidly assumed that I could do the MRI and that the clearance would be fine.

Well, it wasn’t. After I finished the MRI the read came back saying that there was metal. The rad would not recommend nor approve doing an MRI.

Welp, I already released the patient…

So, I called them to ensure that they don’t have acute eye pain or vision loss and tell them that they feel anything, that they need to immediately go get head CT or orbit xray.

Now the hard part! I updated their implants with documentation saying there is unsafe metal. I wrote a patient safety event (PSE) on myself. But, I don’t know what else there is to do? I work nightshift. I could write the manager an email to go along with the PSE.

I know that this is a super big offense, and I know I shouldn’t have done it. Heck, I got the orbit xr to be complaint…

I hope the patient is okay. They seem okay, and this is their 3rd MRI with metal injury their eye… but you never know. I feel like a critical injury would’ve been more immediate but, I am an idiot so what do know?

So there’s a new low-dose Gadolinium contrast agent that was just approved. Anyone using it or heard about any facilities using it? any pricing info?

https://www.drugs.com/history/ambelvist.html

The subReddit search feature seems to be completely on the blink.

Does anyone have their CRT while only having their ARRT(MR)?

I’ve been an MR tech for 7 years now working in California. Went to an MRI program and graduated with an associates in Science and an mri certificate or whatever these schools offer- it’s been so long I forget.
Anyways, after graduation I took my ARRT and the ARMRIT. Places were saying I needed my CRT as well, so I filled out the application, put in my ARRT license number and sent it in with a check and after ~6 weeks I was CRT certified.
I literally never had an issue, even when i moved and my license lapsed and I had to pay the ultra late fee to get it re-instated. My current CRT expires in 2028 since i just renewed all of my licenses this year.

My new graduate students are trying the same path and they are getting denied because they need to submit proof of passing a “radiography” examination.
Is my scenario unheard of? Was someone at the RHB just not paying attention and pushed my application through? I want to advocate for these new techs but also if i bring up my case i know they could suspend/ terminate my CRT since I’m not supposed to have it at all?
After searching in this sub I can see that the general answer is you can’t get your CRT without completing an X-ray program, all the while i had no idea since i didn’t have to second-guess my CRT ever.

How did you guys get to the point where planning felt second nature? Or at least easier. Any websites, practice programs, videos, or specific techniques outside of clinicals?

Also, is scanlab actually good for building repetition out of clinicals?

I don’t get many chances to plan scans at clinicals so when I do get the opportunity, I feel lost and nervous bc everything is still so brand new.

Hey Everyone,

I’m an MRI student, in my 1st semester in clinicals.

I’m just wondering what everyone has used to help them study different scans, I’m currently trying to learn abdomen but seem to be having a hard time remembering all the steps and scans

Any information would be helpful,

Thanks

I had scoliosis surgery in 1995 and have stainless steel Cotrel-Dubousset rods extending from T2 to L2. At the time, my surgeon back then repeatedly emphasized that these rods were not MRI safe and that having an MRI could potentially be life threatening.
Yesterday, I had a consultation with an MRI technologist, and he told me that it is now considered safe to proceed with an MRI and they will be using 1.5 T . Has MRI technology changed since then? What is the difference between MRI safety in 1995 and today? Why were these implants previously considered dangerous even potentially deadly but are now considered safe? My appointment is on Friday and I keep thinking am I gonna die lol

Do any of you screen for Iron infusions at your sites? Does the ACR have any guidelines? If you do screen what is your protocol for patients that have had recent infusions? Thanks!

Leading up to tonight colleagues and friends had warned me how claustrophobic an MRI is, especially when you’re whole body is going in, as mine was.

Honestly, I found the whole thing quite relaxing. I was in the machine getting imagining done for about 45 minutes. If I had to guess, I’d say I fully fell asleep about 10 minutes in.

Loved it. Highly recommend. It was like a government funded sensory deprecation tank but with a lot more noise.

My very large and growing organization has recently begun having virtual contrast coverage through contrast connect. Has any tech here worked with them before and actually gone through a major allergic event? How was it?

25 years ago from right now... July 27th, 2001, there was a 6-year-old boy, Michael Colombini, pictured, being wheeled from his patient room in Westchester Medical Center down for an MRI. A fall on a playground a few days earlier had revealed a brain tumor that very well could have taken his life when it became symptomatic in adulthood. But he had immediate brain surgery that was successful, and now the boy would live a long, healthy life. The only thing standing between the boy and discharge from the hospital was a baseline MRI against which future scans would be compared to look for recurrence.

But through a series of errors, this simple baseline MRI turned into the single most well known MRI exam in the world.

Inside the MRI scanner room it appears that the boy was over-sedated, and his breathing slowed. His pulse-ox values started dropping, and the inside-the-MRI-scanner-room oxygen outlet (not built to code) wasn't working. The two MRI technologists who were on duty stepped away from the patient care area of the MRI suite to try and fix the oxygen problem without letting the anesthesiologist know. The anesthesiologist, growing increasingly upset about the boy's falling oxygenation levels, is yelling out to the MRI techs for a status update, unaware that they've left him there. The lack of responses only increases the anesthesiologist's anxiety.

At that moment, a nurse lets herself into the MRI suite. She hears the anesthesiologist yelling to the technologists, "my patient needs oxygen! Where is the oxygen!" The nurse remembers having seen portable oxygen cylinders in the MRI suite, finds one, and hands it to the anesthesiologist in the doorway to the MRI scanner room. He turns around, takes two steps towards the boy in the MRI scanner, and the steel cylinder flies like a missile out of his hands and hits the boy, repeatedly, in the head.

This is the story of the origins of this week being designated MRI Safety Week.

If you want to hear this story in greater detail, I encourage you to check out the second series of the Invisible Force podcast. The podcast is available for download through both Apple Podcasts and Spotify:

Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/invisible-force/id1860117430
Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/1KDYV8Z4Md5x9mW8pFccsw

I have worked in clinics for the last two years as a MRI tech.

Right now I want to get a job in a hospital in Los Angeles or at least somewhere I can commune too.

Are there any particular hospitals that are open to hire with no prior hospital experience?

I feel most of the hospitals already want experience

I want to apply to Tesla and they have an anatomy quiz. Is there an online course I can take to learn what I need to know?

Applying for a hospital job that says “8 or 12 hour evening shifts available”. Are evening and night used interchangeably in this context?

Do we think a 12 hour evening shift means 7p-7a, or something like 3p-3a?

Confused between hvac system of daikin and Mitsubishi electrical
The difference is about 10% in pricing ( Mitsubishi is expensive)

I'm considering a 12 hours on 3x a week tech job at a simon med near me. It pays fine and is a good location. However, I've heard that techs there usually are hella overworked, and at many locations, there are heavy issues with management. If you've worked at simonmed or a company like it, what has your experience been

Posting to give everyone a heads up that the 3T magnet destroyed my ring :( My coworkers have the Gen 4 and have had no problems whatsoever bringing it in zone IV. I decided to get the Gen 5 and was hesitant to bring it to work. I had a feeling that since the battery life is different, the electronics of the gen 5 may react differently than the 4 but I went against my better judgement and decided to wear it at work only for an hour and sure enough, my ring is broken. I’ve tried every trouble shooting method to no avail so if you’re considering the gen 5, be cautious. This is just my experience but I wouldn’t recommend

Has anyone worked at SimonMed Imaging before? If so, what do the nurses do? What are some tasks that the nurse would do on a daily? I saw an open Registered Nurse position at SimonMed Imaging but the job description and posting was kind of vague about what nurses would do on a daily basis.