MRI Optimize Consultants, LLC

01/02/2026

We had a patient for an MRI Brain who had 8 aneurysm clips placed in 2016. 7 of them cleared, 1 had no MRI Safety testing so she didn't get the exam. It's safer to be cautious than risk her health. Also, no prior MRIs except the one just before her craniotomy.

06/06/2025

When an MRI Tech puts the patient into the scanner feet first, the potential SAR (Specific Absorption Rates) on that patient can pentuple. I don't get a chance to use that word (pentuple) often, so I did today!

All bore configured MRI scanners don't know where the patient brain is when they are placed feet first as opposed to head first, so the SAR jumps up significantly.

10/31/2024

Happy Halloween Everyone! Slow down, drive cautiously out there!

08/20/2023

We had meetings thirteen years ago, but the local interest for MRI and further education is competing now with online courses for CEU's. There's nothing like meeting other interested people who work at various facilities and share in further education to form kinship. The ISMRM/SMRT division is one of the best places for self direction in furthering one's MRI aptitude with their many offerings, including the International meetings held around the world. Since 2023 was held on the NA continent, the next meeting for 2024 will not be, and the country they've selected is Singapore!

11/10/2022

Happy National Rad Tech week to all x-ray professionals! This was gifted to all x-ray techs by a wonderful manager in Radiology who shows gratitude and appreciation!

07/07/2022

PM us if you're a fully trained and experienced MRI technologist, don't mind 3 12's and a $20,000 sign on bonus!!

07/07/2022

And....we're training another MRI tech! She's a smart nuclear medicine tech who also does Pet/CT.

03/20/2021

A friend reminded us today how much work we've done with fMRI, functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. We set up transcendental meditation studies in Hawaii, with one person in another room and another person receiving images inside the scanner; at Univ of NM on a prisoner study for violent inmates, teaching at SMIL when introducing fMRI for legal purposes of lie detection. The processes for setting up good parameters are the same, no matter the Make & Model of the scanner. Excellent patient coaching, patient immobilization, elimination of the momentary transitional phases, and LOTS of practice!

02/01/2021

Ok newbies...if you're going to use a power injector with your MRI exam, make sure the syringes are pointed downward, so any potential air doesn't go in the IV.

11/17/2020

Just heard about a new MRI system without a quench pipe! If it quenches, it will recycle the dispersed cryogen for use in the magnet!

11/13/2019

Hello Magneteers,
What do you think of this?!

Human trials of the tech could kick off as soon as next year.

10/08/2019

An RN recently told us, that during a recent Code Blue, an attending physician was trying to save the life of the patient, yelling out orders, and after the code, a young RN wrote up the doctor for bullying. (True story)