Michelle Castro Cerilles1, Martin R. Prince1,
Mitch Cooper1, Bo Xu1, Cynthia Wisnieff1,
Robert Zubkoff1, Satre Stuelke1
1Radiology,
Effectiveness
of learning basic MRI principles by following hands-on workbook exercises as
demonstrated by 11 students/residents/fellows. The workbook exercises teach MRI concepts
such as MRI safety and patient screening, optimizing resolution, SNR and CNR
on a phantom, optimizing T1 and T2 weighting in the volunteer brain,
creating, identifying and eliminating various artifacts, adapting scanning
parameters to match varying anatomy in the volunteer knee and abdomen,
and implementing various approaches to
minimizing respiratory motion effects.