The MRI: Clinical Updates and Practical Physics course has concluded. Join us for the 2025 course this July. Learn more & register here. 

MRI: Clinical Updates and Practical Physics is a 4-day course for practicing Radiologists and Magnetic Resonance technologists. The course will focus on new strategies to correctly interpret common MRI exams, recognize image quality issues, and execute strategies to correct them. In addition, this course will review the underlying principles of MR physics and image protocol decisions with colleagues to improve team efficiency.

Registration
Registration fees includes course materials, certificate of participation, welcome reception, daily breakfast and lunch on Wednesday through Friday.

Early Bird Rates:
Physician: $1,195
Radiologic Technologist: $995
Resident/Fellow: $700
Student Radiologic Technologist: $695
Industry: $1,195

Rates as of 4/1/2024
Physician: $1,295
Radiologic Technologist: $1,095
Resident/Fellow: $800
Student Radiologic Technologist: $795
Industry: $1,295

Limited space for students. Please contact Melissa Schwartz at melissa.schwartz@stanford.edu, if spaces are booked and you would like to be added to a waitlist.

Tuition may be paid by Visa or MasterCard.  Your email address is used for critical information, including registration confirmation, evaluation, and certificate.  Be sure to include an email address that you check frequently.

STAP-eligible employees can use STAP funds towards the registration fees for this activity complete the STAP Reimbursement Request Form and submit to your department administrator.

Credits
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (21.75 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (21.75 hours)

Target Audience
Specialties - Radiology
Professions - Fellow/Resident, Non-Physician, Physician, Student

Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, learners should be able to:

• Discuss the meaning of core MRI system component specifications and how they impact sequence parameters. Recognize how to set rationally acceleration factors for various acquisitions.
• Differentiate the parts of pulse sequences and their relationships to image contrasts, SNR, and scan time. Describe the basic concepts of compressed sensing and dynamic MRI.
• Interpret the meaning of the resulting images of a diffuse liver disease MRI.
• Recall strategies for improving diffusion weighted image quality and MR elastography images.
• Recall strategies for obtaining optimal fat suppression. Refresh common artifacts and execute strategies to correct them.

Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, Stanford Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Credit Designation 
American Medical Association (AMA) 
Stanford Medicine designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 21.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.