What nerve is hit when you “hit your funny bone”?

A patient in the MR waiting room complains of pain in the left shoulder and shortness of breath. The MR technologist should first

Which of the following needs to be included in an incident report?

Erin is a 4-year-old sedated for the MRI and is attached to physiological monitoring. What are the normal heart and respiratory rates respectively for a sedated four year old?

Blood flow that travels in the opposite direction in which the slices are acquired is known as what type of flow?

Gary Black is a 30 year-old patient who is referred to City Hospital for evaluation of a possible orbital tumor. City Hospital has two MR scanners, one operating at 1.5T and one at 0.5T. After correctly following hospital policy for screening patients for an MR Scan, Mr. Black begins his exam on the 1.5 T scanner. When the first sagittal acquisition is reconstructed, all of the images have bizarre appearance. While waiting for service personnel to correct the problem on the 1.5T unit, the MR Technologists are able to fit Mr. Black into the schedule on the 0.5T scanner. There are several factors the MR technologists need to consider when scanning on magnets operating at different field strengths What are the resonant frequencies of hydrogen at the 1.5 T and the 0.5 T, respectively?

Which of the following illustrations represents the ECG tracing observed by the MR technologist when the patient was moved into the magnet bore and would not indicate a change in the patient’s medical condition?

After screening a patient and having her change into examination clothing, the MR technologist notices her wearing a gold neck chain. It is important to have the patient remove her chain because if left on during imaging of the cervical spine it could

A child presents with incontinence, ambulatory problems, loss of sensation, deformities of the hips, knees or feet and loss of muscle tone what is the most likely pathology this child has?

How can SAR be reduced?