MR education

Gelsenkirchen, Germany - "Medical Device MR Safety Specialist" - MR Safety and Compatibility of Medical Devices

Dates of next seminars:

October 25 - 27, 2012

Please send you registration request to seminar@mrcomp.com.

 

MR:comp GmbH is offering the following seminar to you:

 

The seminar is especially designed for the MR safety technical interests of auditors and quality/regulatory affairs managers, product and sales managers, R&D managers/engineers, MR physicists, MRI technologists, radiographers, radiologists.

 

Program including new ASTM F2182-11a RF-heating test method and issues about the MR worker (IEC 60601-2-33 3rd edition)! 

 

Seminar day 1 (8:00 to 18:00):

Basics of physics and technical aspects of magnet resonance tomography

  • Hardware (static magnetic field, gradient and RF fields)
  • Physics (image generation, contrasts, artefacts, etc.)
  • Research & trends

 

Hands-on course "Basics of MR imaging", 4 h lessons MR system handling 

  • Experience the interactions within the static magnetic field!
  • Precautions and behaviour in the MR environment (staff & items)
  • Various experiments: MR imaging (contrasts, artefacts, etc.)

 

Discussion 

 

Seminar day 2 (8:00 to 18:00):

MR safety, the MR system and the MR worker – IEC 60601-2-33

  • Requirements of the MR system and the MR environment

 

MR safety and compatibility of medical devices I

  • Interactions of items and medical devices with the MR environment
  • Current standards & guidelines

 

Hands on course: MR safety

  • RF-induced heating experiment

 

MRI from clinical view  

 

  • Diagnostic & therapy
  • Surgery & interventions (biopsies, ablations (RF, laser), etc.)
  • Robotics, navigation, visualisation of implants/ instruments

 

Hands on course: MR interventions 2,5 lessons

  • MR-guided biopsy

 

Final discussion  and Get together dinner

 

Seminar day 3 (8:00 to 12:00):

MR safety and compatibility of medical devices II

  • Finding the "worst-case"
  • Labeling of the medical devices for the MR environment

 

Assessment of MR safety for patients with active implantable medical devices

  • ISO/TS 10974: Requirements for active implantable medical devices
  • Potential physical relevance for passive devices

 

 Lecturers:

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. W. Zylka University of Applied Sciences FH Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Dr. rer. nat. H. Kugel Institute for Clinical Radiology, University of Munster, Germany
Prof. Dr. med. A. Melzer Institute for Medical Science and Technologies IMSaT, Universities Dundee & St. Andrews, United Kingdom
Dr. rer. nat. H. Engels MR Safety Consultant, MR:comp and former MR Safety Director Philips Healthcare, The Netherlands
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) G. Schaefers MR Safety Testing Laboratory, MR:comp GmbH, Gelsenkirchen, Germany

 

Course fee: Please see full and half attendance option in the PDF for download. Full: 1.595,00 EUR plus 19% VAT

Students, employees of universities and employees of start-up companies (<3 years) qualify for a 20% discount. Please send in a copy of an appropriate certificate proving your status. Every 2nd and further registrant from the same organization applies for a 15% discount

Further on, the seminar includes the script and meals (3 x breakfast snack, 2 x lunch, 1 x get-together dinner, warm and cold beverages during the breaks). Place of seminar: University of Applied Sciences Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Exact time schedule and venue see invitation and registration form.

 

We would be pleased to welcome you as attendee!

 

 

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