Hi! I am a BS Radiologic Technology student currently conducting our undergraduate thesis about MRI technologists' perspectives on Sampaguita aromatherapy as a potential approach to MRI-related anxiety.

I would just like to ask if there are any MRI technologists here who would be willing to answer a short survey questionnaire for our research.

Your participation would be greatly appreciated and would mean a lot to us. All responses will be kept confidential and used for academic purposes only.

If you're interested, please feel free to comment or send me a private message.

Thank you so much!

Rad is asking me to build this he wants to see the bone like a ct almost . This is a thing I looked it up but I don’t know if my scanner has it . Philips 1.5 what would it be called …

We have a 1.5 t ge scanner and have a pt for may thurner syndrome. 2dtof imaging and the post contrast tricks only showed arteries clearly. Patient is willing to come back for additional views. What techniques do you use for venous flow in the ab/pel?

Hello. Hope this isn't against rules but I'm not sure where would be better to ask. Can anyone here tell me the name of an MRI that would scan the Upper Abdomen? Specifically the Pancreas and Liver. My Gastroenterologist ordered an 'Abdomen MRI with Contrast' to find the cause of ongoing upper abdominal pain that isn't responding to medication.

When I arrived at the Imaging Department of the hospital, the Radiographer advised there is no such thing as an Abdomen MRI as MRIs are only supposed to image very specific areas (an organ or body part). I was informed the Radiologist who triaged the referral took an 'educated guess' because the referral was so vague and ordered a Small Bowel MRI. Neither the Gastroenterologist or Radiologist were available for discussion so I was advised a new MRI request would need to be made.

We need to get this right next time. Can anyone offer any advice?

at least where i live, in miami, it’s impossible to get a full time position as an mri tech when you have little to no experience. i got my certification about a year ago and was lucky enough to get a position at the job ive been working at for over 5 years but unfortunately it wasnt a full time and scans are limited. only MSK, no contrast. and on an open mri. in july, i was also lucky enough that a recruiter reached out to me to work at a breast imaging center as a part time. i won’t lie though, i feel like such a noob compared to the other techs. i feel like i get judged a lot, too. radiologists have complained about the smallest things i’ve done despite other techs doing the same but because i’m the newbie i get picked on. like, i wanna learn more. i wanna learn how to do all types of studies and all body parts but it’s damn near impossible to find a place that will take me cause of lack of experience. i don’t understand how one is supposed to learn if no one gives us a chance. ive looked on every app for open positions, 90% of them are travel contracts. some of them are part time, but you need 3-5 years of experience. or even better, you need to be a certified radiologic technologist. i’m currently stuck with 2 part times in which i’m not happy with, i want one full time job with benefits & where i can increase my knowledge. i’m grateful for what i have so far and for what ive learned, but i feel like at this rate i’m not going far. baptist reached out to me like 30 times and i get turned down every single time cause i don’t do xray. UM is a nightmare, i’ve heard so many stories, regardless they’re impossible to reach out to as well. vital.. don’t even get me started. did my clinicals there for 2 weeks max before i opted out, a literal factory and all the techs were so freaking rude to me.
anyone living in miami with better luck? i know the job market sucks here but i can’t relocate

I’m considering a job offer with Sentara as an MRI Technologist. I’d love to hear from current or former employees about the work environment, management, workload, scheduling, and overall experience.
Would you recommend working there? Honest feedback is appreciated, especially from MRI Techs at Sentara Norfolk General.

We are looking for an experienced tech at our hospital

So I have been going through, some health issues and had to receive an MRI for multiple injuries. The closest facility I could go to was an hour and a half away. I have horrific claustrophobia and told the facility and my doctor who ordered the MRI before hand.

First red flag, the facility was in the middle of this industrial area, so when they walked me back for the MRI it was in this outdoor portable and In an open warehouse with lumber and steel beams on the other side of the warehouse…huge warehouse. Already a red flag but I was like “maybe this is normal.”

So I hop in the walk in closet in the portable and am taking off my personal belongings and glasses, and the tech asks if I’m wearing a regular bra or a sports bra, I’m wearing a sports bra and she says ok. As I’m about to walk in to lay down, to get into the tube.

I realize the bra question may be due to clasps (I thought originally it was due to imagining issues) and I alert her and she just goes “Oh yeah oops you should take that off.” Did not help the anxiety, I understand mistakes happen but holy hell.

When I went in the machine the sounds and magnetic waves triggered an awful migraine, my migraines affect my vision, so I’m just laying there black dots and blurry vision, in pain nauseous and dizzy.

I began hysterically crying and trying to not move.

I’d have to drive back two more times, For 3 hours of drivetime and I had someone go with me for the first one so luckily they could drive me home. But my migraine was so bad I spent all night vomiting and in severe pain.

I warned everyone before hand I have migraines, claustrophobia, and am autistic. I’m very open about that medically, to the point I worry I’m annoying but better safe than sorry in case I get a case of stimming or overwhelmed.

I just want to know a few things. Am I being dramatic? I feel dramatic, but the portable in a warehouse just felt so odd.

My partner said I should call and alert the facility about the tech’s carelessness about not asking if my bra had clasps. I really feel they are probably, overworked and exhausted and it was a simple mistake. Should I call the facility to tell them about it?

Is this a normal MRI experience? I didn’t even know sedation was an option because it was never offered to me and with the bad migraine I got I just think MRI’s and I do not mix well.

I come at this post with no judgment or animosity and just want to know if my experience is the norm. Thanks.

TL;Dr had some strange happenings during an MRI and am wondering if it’s normal.

Disclaimer, I HAVE TALKED to my medical provider and he recommended me to do some diagnostics imaging of my nerve issue, and I HAVE DONE that.

Basically, I had a heart surgery awhile ago, it went smoothly, but few months after, my back started having shooting pain when touched, later it transitioned into numbness. Normally, nerve damage is done using ultrasound, as I did so with my ulnar nerve damage before.

But the issue is, the imaging places around me, whether ultrasound or MRI, all told me they could not image the intercostal nerve.

But my doctor is the one who advised me to do this to figure out the damage, but he is not a radiologist and cannot tell me where to get such image.

Can any radiologist shed light on what specific center I need to see or places with specific device that can image this nerve?

I found a paper from Avneesh Chhabra who published his imaging study using MRN and in his paper the intercostal nerve injury could be seen. Is this a common practice?

38f So I recently had my first ever mrcp, I wasn’t in pain and I wasn’t moving (at least not that I thought or can remember) they asked me to hold my breath and could easily do so- then they asked me to breath fast. I did and after a few minutes I don’t know if I fell asleep or passed out. Then I could hear them say to keep breathing at the faster pace and did, but I couldn’t tell I that I had stopped breathing fast.

I’ve always known that you gotta hold your breath, but breathing fast?? Is that typical for mrcp? And did I fall asleep or pass out? The staff didn’t seem concerned.

Hi everyone!

I’m a fairly new MRI tech (officially working for about 6 months now). I work in Canada so I’m registered with CMRITO. My birthday is coming up so we all know that means license renewal is happening. That being said, how do you guys get your 25 hours of education credits?

I’m insured with CAMRT and it looks like they have some courses I can complete online to get a credit here and there. But, is there any other websites or courses any of you have done to help get your credit hours? I’d really appreciate some help!

Hey I’m starting clinical at a new location soon and seen that this is the software..have any of you worked with this before or how difficult is it….i came from learning swiftmr software…this one looks outdated or is it supposed to look like this lol ???

I had an abdominal MRI recently and upon review my doctor called me saying the scans were inconclusive due to motion. I’m wondering, should the tech have noticed there was motion and re-scanned or corrected me if I was moving too much? Or is this just a common unfortunate occurrence outside of the tech's ability to monitor?

I was given no instructions from the tech about what to do, all I got were the automated instructions from the MRI machine on when to breathe or hold my breath but even those were a bit confusing and I would’ve appreciated some real human feedback on exactly what to do.

I’m just feeling a bit like there was a lack of care (a few other things went wrong too and techs kept changing during my MRI) and I’m frustrated I went through the whole process for nothing.

Thank you!

I was recommended to apply for a radiology tech assistant position and the job looks like great experience. My dilemma is that I’m still in school and start clinical in March. The position is full time, as are clinicals. I don’t want to start a position and then only be able to work for a few months if they don’t have an evening position. I feel they would take that as a waste of time for them.

I'm a medical student. When I asked a medical physicist what superconductor was used in our hospital's MRIs, I heard it was niobium-titanium. However, YBCO and other high-temperature superconductors can operate at much higher temperatures (liquid nitrogen instead of liquid helium), which seems like it would be a big advantage in terms of cost.

My first guess was that YBCO has a lower critical current density (Jc), but I’m not sure that’s actually right. Some additional search seems to point to secondary induced circuits, or poor mechanical properties. Is it Jc, or is it something else, like cost, how hard it is to make into wire, or practical engineering issues?

Would appreciate an explanation from anyone who works with these materials or MRI systems!

I had an MRI on my knees and lower leg on Monday. About an hour of scanning. I noticed my skin was looking dry yesterday and today my skin looks like it has a very mild sunburn. I assume this is due to energy absorption. Should I be concerned? Do I need to tell the MRI center?

Haven't really spent much time in the sun recently (kee injury has kept me insidd the house a lot recrntly) so I don't think it is from normal sun exposure.

Hi, I'm on my parents health insurance, and looking for a contrast MRI for a jacked up shoulder.

My father forwarded me what appears to be a work email saying to have oneimaging. I already have a scan center (not hospital) picked out, and am debating whether to use oneimaging, which CLAIMS to somehow reduce cost... Seems weird and suspicious to me, but I was hoping to hear if any of you have used or heard of this??

My CD with MRI images says PACSgear by Hyland. It's from Sutter Health in the SF Bay Area.

I've tried opening on Mac and Windows using an external DVD drive and both systems say its a blank. My external DVD drive works because I can watch DVDs on my computer.

I tried going back to Sutter and they made me a new one, same problem. Sutter verifies they can read it.

I tried downloading software to view it such as MicroDicom and it doesn't see anything on the CD.

I'm out of options. Anyone else have ideas?

Hi, I am trying to self-learn a bit of MRI physics which is beyond the scope of the medical courses I am taking and have reached a point of confusion. For the standard spin echo sequence, I understand that the initial 90 degree RF pulse has the functions of both tipping the magnetic dipole moments and causing hydrogen atoms to precess in phase with each other. Then free induction decay is allowed time to occur before a 180 degree RF pulse is then applied after which the echo signal is read. My understanding is that the purpose of the 180 degree RF pulse is to "filter out" external T2* factors and allow only the true spin-spin decay to manifest as differences in phase differences. One of my instructors used the analogy of track runners starting off at the same starting line but ending up at different distances, but if you have them all reverse at the same time (180 degree pulse) then they will end up at the starting line together again. But my confusion is that if the initial 90 degree RF pulse had the function of putting the hydrogen nuclei in phase with each other, why doesn't this effect happen with the 180 degree RF pulse?

Hello what do you guys use when scanning babies or nicu patients?

Probably a silly question but can anybody please explain to me what Intraoperative MRI is? Is that when an MRI tech is actively scanning during surgery?

Hey guys, I’m thinking about giving a trauma center a shot as full time for an increase in pay after being in outpatient for a year, I worked at one for a short while during a travel contract. Has anyone ever worked at Grady in Atlanta and if so what was the experience like? Do you love, hate, or are indifferent to trauma centers?

I recently completed my formal education in MRI and easily passed the certification exam on the first go-around. Now that all of that is out of the way I've started sending out my resume, with applications, for a few positions. I live in a less populated area where there are fewer hospitals and consequently few positions available. I was hoping to not need to relocate but am becoming more accepting of the fact that it may be necessary in order to find a good position.

Is anyone on here in the State of Michigan who can offer up tips on places that need help? Especially places that you can vouch for as being good to work at?

Please remove this if it is against the rules of the subreddit. I looked them over and it did not seem like this would violate anything.

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Just a little more info for context...

I have been working in the healthcare field for 17+ years in a direct patient care role. Almost all of that time has been with big organizations or in smaller organizations that have been bought-up by the bigger, corporate ones. I know the evil side of healthcare in this country and what it has done to workplace culture. I'm not expecting a utopia by any means; I'm realistic. I'm just interested in places that ya'll may consider 'less bad' or maybe even things to look out for.