| WEEKDAY EDUCATIONAL COURSE |
| What Went Wrong? A Case-Based Approach to MR Image Quality |
| ORGANIZERS: Walter F. Block, Ph.D., Derek K. Jones, Ph.D. & Charles A. McKenzie, Ph.D. |
| SKILL LEVEL: Basic |
| Thursday, 12 May 2011 |
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| OVERVIEW |
| This two-hour course addresses a skill sets gap in identifying and debugging the sources of artifacts in MRI. MRI is a sophisticated technology with a myriad of sources of artifacts, from external interference, and hardware problems, to pulse sequence imperfections and image reconstruction limitations. The course provides an interactive means for rapidly identifying effect and cause of image artifacts. |
| EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES |
| Upon completion of this course participants should be able to: |
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List and describe principle categories of artifacts; « Explain sources of commonly encountered artifacts and methods to avoid them; and « Recommend further tests for problem solving and troubleshooting artifacts. |
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Hosts: Walter F. Block, Ph.D., Derek K. Jones, Ph.D. & Charles A. McKenzie, Ph.D.
In our “Guess That Artifact” game show, contestants will compete in
the evaluation of MR artifacts from the mundane to the esoteric over
the course of 2 hours. Emphasis will be placed on the physical
origin and methods for mitigating the artifact. Winners will receive
not-so-valuable prizes! Each round will be followed by a brief
(five-minute) explanation by one of our hosts.
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