Wild Wild West: MR Physics in Clinical Practice
Member-Initiated Session
Wednesday, 08 May 2024
Room 325-326
08:15 -
10:15
Moderators: Pim Pullens
Session Number: MIS-07
No CME/CE Credit
OVERVIEW:
This MIS is endorsed by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) and the European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics (EFOMP).
The role of MRI physicists working in a clinical environment includes many tasks to ensure the imaging facility is performing at the highest level. These tasks include quality assurance; procurement and site design; clinical protocol management and improvement; workflow; research; and implementation of new techniques.
Key problems the clinical MR physicist faces are: regulatory framework and standards are lacking; information is fragmented; responsibilities are not clearly defined; and in many countries, "MR physicist" is not a legally protected title, in contrast to our colleagues working in ionizing radiation, where work of accredited medical physicists is monitored by local and regional organizations and/or governmental bodies.
All of these issues make it difficult to establish the MR physicist as a key for optimal patient care.
In this MIS, we would like to explore differences and similarities between medical physics (ionizing radiation) and clinical MR physics around the world in two 15-minute talks and see how we can learn from each other to improve the clinical quality of MR, and to develop MR physicist profession in six 12-minute talks. In a 10-minute panel discussion, we will try to answer whether the clinical MR physicist should be a registered medical physics professional and if AAPM, EFOMP and ISMRM-ISMRT can find common ground.
TARGET AUDIENCE:
MR physicists in clinical practice, radiographers, radiologists, clinical scientists, and MR scientists working in clinical translation.
AS A RESULT OF ATTENDING THIS COURSE, PARTICIPANTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO:
- Describe the different topics that are relevant for clinical practice: workflow, tender & commissioning, implementation of new clinical techniques;
- Identify challenges that MRI physicists face in the hospital environment;
- Appreciate the need for professional development, accreditation and standards; and
- Find collaborations, similarities, and lessons learned between radiation physics and MR physics.
| 08:15 | | Role of MR Physicist: EU PerspectiveCormac McGrath Forster Green Hospital, Belfast, Ireland |
| 08:28 | | The Delivery of Safe, High Quality MRI Services Requires Close Cooperation Between a Multi-Disciplinary TeamMahadevappa Mahesh Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States |
| 08:41 | | Standards in MRI: How Can the MR Physicist Contribute?James Pipe University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States |
| 08:54 | | MR Physics Workforce Planning: A UK SurveyMatthew Grech-Sollars National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, London, United Kingdom |
| 09:07 | | Resource Planning: Tender, CommissioningNikki Shelton Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia |
| 09:20 | | Teamwork: Radiologist/Radiographer/PhysicistGlenn Cahoon Olivia Newton-John Cancer & Wellness Centre, Heidelberg, Australia |
| 09:33 | | Lessons from Radiation TherapyPetra van Houdt Netherlands Cancer Institute, Almere, Netherlands |
| 09:46 | | Case: Implementation of Advanced Acceleration TechniquesSteven Jackson The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom |
| 09:59 | | Panel Discussion |