The live webinar will cover:
- 1. Keep’em Calm and Scan On: MRI Patient Care & Self-Care
- List the common anxiety disorders MRI patients experience and recognize the symptoms of anxiety disorders
- Learn the prevalence of anxiety in the MRI environment
- Create a positive repour and trust with patients.
- Review current anxiety interventions and learn why they work.
- Define CAM (complementary alternative medicine) and its history in MRI imaging.
- Learn to perform techniques to reduce anxiety in patients.
- Learn about techniques for reducing pain and movement during exams.
- Maintain well-being while taking care of others and techniques for coping with work stress.
- 2. Body MRI Cases – Concepts and Lessons Learned
- Review common body MRI cases and learning points
- Review pitfalls in body MRI
- Consider technical factors affecting quality (as indicated)
- 3. MRI Safety Update 2021
- Provide an understating of general MRI safety principles and concerns.
- Update on the latest implanted devices and MRI safety conditions and precautions.
- New MRI safety practices in the era of COVID.
- 4. Advances in MRI
- Overview of the newest advances in MR, including AI and fast scanning protocols.
- Describe Canon’s AI Deep Learning Reconstruction process and how it reduces scan time and improves image quality.
- Fast scanning technology and AI will be reviewed with imaging examples and applications.
Short Biographies
Selena Glenn, M.A. BSRT (MR) (R) ARRT: Selena Glenn M.A. BSRT (MR) (R) ARRT is a veteran MRI technologist, and leading expert in MRI patient care, consultant, a researcher, health and wellness coach and international speaker. Her core beliefs include incorporating mindfulness, integrative medicine, and a humanistic approach into patient care. Her passions include reducing MRI patient anxiety, bringing safe health and wellness practices to medical imaging technologists and patients through education. Selena has been in medical imaging for 28 years and holds a master’s degree in health and wellness specializing in MRI patient care and complementary alternative medicine. Additionally, she holds certifications in conflict resolution, customer service management and yoga instruction. She has spoken at the world’s largest radiology conferences, including RSNA (Radiologic Society of North America), ESR (European Society of Radiology), and JSRT (Japanese Society of Radiologic Technology). Selena’s ultimate goal is teaching technologists how to keep patients calm, reducing prematurely canceled exams so they can get better sooner, while taking care of themselves and reducing the stress of MRI scanning.
Prasaanthan Gopee-Ramanan, HBSc, RTR, MD, FRCPC: Prasa is an assistant professor at McMaster University Department of Radiology and staff breast and body radiologist at Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre, Hamilton Health Sciences. Prasa studied Human Biology at UofT St. George from 2005 to 2009, Medical Radiation Sciences specializing as a radiographer from 2009 to 2012, attended medical school at McMaster University from 2012 to 2015 and completed specialty residency training in Diagnostic Radiology from 2015 to 2020 also at McMaster University. He has completed 1-year subspecialty fellowship in Women’s Imaging at UoT. Prasa has keen academic interests in medical education, mentorship, and quality assurance among other domains. Outside of academia, Prasa is a lover of spending time with his wife, son, and extended family. He is also an Indian classical music enthusiast, a mindfulness and life balance practitioner, and budding cyclist.
Anna Simeonov, MSc, MRT (MR)(R): MRI Charge Technologist and MRI Safety Officer at Princess Margaret Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Lecturer, Radiation Medicine Program University of Toronto. Anna has over 25 years of experience in radiography, CT, clinical and research MRI. For the last 18 years specializing in MRI applications for image-guided radiation therapy planning, cancer treatment response and adaptation.
Ryan Hazell, BSc, BEd, MRT(R)(MR): Ryan is an MRI Clinical Applications Specialist at Canon Medical. He has 10 years of experience working as a technologist in x-ray, CT and MR. He worked for a number of years in all three modalities, until he began teaching at the Michener Institute where he worked for three years before shifting his focus to MRI only. He has been working in applications for the past year and enjoy working with customers to achieve their desired patient outcomes
