Totally Accessible MRI

A One-Week Immersion Course

Totally Accessible MRI: Teaser

One week. No prior MRI knowledge required. Open to all.

"Totally Accessible MRI" is a one-week immersion that introduces the physics and methodology necessary to generate, modify, and optimize clinically useful MR images. The course is comprehensive and detailed, assumes no prior knowledge of MRI, and uses a non-mathematical, conceptual approach to convey the very complex inner workings of MRI. Attendees learn the central role and tension of tradeoffs in optimizing image quality, speed, etc.

Our main objective for the week is to ensure that each attendee comes away with a holistic understanding of the basic concepts and techniques used to generate clinical MR images, as well as greater insight into how aspects of imaging technique can alter and optimize imaging results.

This is an in-person course. See below for dates, registration information, and fees.

Intended Audience

Residents, fellows, students, scientists, and clinicians working in fields that utilize magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Learning Objectives

Recognize key concerns related to safe use of MRI.
Understand the source and physical basis of the signal elicited from tissue during MRI.
Understand, at a conceptual level, the basic elements of image reconstruction.
Recognize the basic elements of an MRI pulse sequence and its timing parameters.
Understand basic pulse sequence types and their strengths and weaknesses.
Identify common MRI artifacts, their source and approaches to their resolution.
Become familiar with advanced MRI techniques, such as diffusion-weighted MRI.