SMRT Signals • July 2016 • Vol.5 Issue 2

Body MRI Artifacts in Clinical Practice: A Physicist’s and Radiologist’s Perspective

We are pleased to present the SMRT Educational Seminars, Volume 19, Number 3: Body MRI Artifacts in Clinical Practice: A Physicist’s and Radiologist’s Perspective. This is the 73rd accredited home study developed by the SMRT, exclusively for SMRT members. The accreditation is conducted by the SMRT acting as a RCEEM (Recognized Continuing Education Evaluation Mechanism) for the ARRT. Category A credits are assigned to each home study, which can be used to maintain one’s ARRT advanced registry. SMRT Home Studies are also approved for AIR (Australian Institute of Radiography), NZIMRT (New Zealand Institute of Radiation Technology) and CPD Now (The College of Radiographers, United Kingdom) continuing professional development (CPD) activities.

One peer-reviewed published article appears in this home study issue. The authors provide a comprehensive review of MRI artifacts encountered in imaging of the body. “Because artifacts can arise from either the MR system hardware alone or through the interaction of the patient with the hardware we have chosen to present the artifacts, first, through effects due to the static magnetic field, gradients, and radio frequency system, before addressing artifacts related to the encoding of the MR signals.” Discussions of artifacts occurring in MR imaging continue to prove useful for all radiographers and technologists despite the length of their careers in this technology. And hopefully many will also appreciate and be fascinated by the underlying physics.

A special thank you to Chesanie Beam, B.S., R.T.(R)(M)(MR) from Gastonia, NC, USA for acting as the Expert Reviewer.

Thanks also to Heidi Berns, M.S., R.T.(R)(MR), FSMRT, Chair of the SMRT RCEEM Ad-hoc committee from Coralville, Iowa, USA and all those who participate on this committee by reviewing the home studies for accreditation.

Finally, many thanks to Kerry Crockett, Associate Executive Director, Mary Keydash, Director of Marketing, Sally Moran, Director of IT and Web, Barbara Elliott, SMRT Coordinator, and the entire staff in the Concord, CA, USA office of the ISMRM and SMRT for their insight and long hours spent supporting these educational symposia.

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Signals is a publication produced four times per calendar year by the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine for the benefit of the SMRT membership and those individuals and organizations that support the educational programs and professional advancement of the SMRT and its members. The newsletter is the compilation of editor, Julie Strandt-Peay, BSM, RT (R)(MR) FSMRT, the leadership of the SMRT and the staff in the ISMRM Central Office with contributions from members and invited participants.

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