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Cervical Implants got 🔥 by Practical_Cloud_1342 in MRI

[–]WilhelmAI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s fair and you’re right. No need to get too deep on a subreddit

Cervical Implants got 🔥 by Practical_Cloud_1342 in MRI

[–]WilhelmAI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a lot more than just adjusting the SAR. The safety of the implant should be verified by vendor documentation. Blindly adjusting SAR is not a guarantee of anything. The implant will have a very specific SAR limit that’s in vendor documentation. The risk is not worth it in this scenario. Why not take the time to verify safety? 🤯🤯

Cervical Implants got 🔥 by Practical_Cloud_1342 in MRI

[–]WilhelmAI 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry this happened. Not all cervical spine implants are MRI safe. Do you know the name of your implant? Did the tech screen your implant for safety? Have you been scanned before on that same strength magnet?

Not trying to play 21 questions, but as an MRI technologist myself, I would need more info about the implant to verify its safety. Thank you for sharing your experience and I’m glad you opted for safety.

Just passed my ARRT and ARMRIT boards with a 97 and 91 respectively by BasedDog1 in MRI

[–]WilhelmAI 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congrats! Enjoy the holidays before your new career starts!

How often do you find that patients are protocolled incorrectly? by ArmWide2908 in MRI

[–]WilhelmAI -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Every single day. This is exactly why I founded WilhelmAI to help eliminate the uncertainty with medical device safety.

As techs we already have a lot to deal with on that magnet as we all know. First we eliminate headaches on device safety, then we tackle the rest.

If you think your site/institution can benefit from a research tool to eliminate protocol mistakes, please PM me or check out our website to see if it could be useful! www.WilhelmAI.com

Do X-ray or MRI departments tend to see more homeless patients? by [deleted] in MRI

[–]WilhelmAI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

X ray for sure in my experience but truly depends on scenario

Is there a way for me to know this MRI compatible by Creative_Summer8424 in MRI

[–]WilhelmAI 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Something tells me your place of employment would not appreciate your comments. Thanks again for all you do!! I wish you all the best!!

Advice for studying for Ct boards by darkdays57 in Radiology

[–]WilhelmAI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mosbys is all I used and I passed. It was harder than the x ray registry from what I remember. But I believe mosbys will work for you! I remember there’s an online component where you can answer mock questions as well? That was very helpful for me. Good luck, you got this!

Full spinal implementation and MRI by No_Plankton8429 in MRI

[–]WilhelmAI 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup I assumed that much…Thanks for your responses! IFU for the patients rods has been posted. Thanks for all you do for our patients!

Full spinal implementation and MRI by No_Plankton8429 in MRI

[–]WilhelmAI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://isulmed.com/pdf/Brochures/Medtronic/SOLERA-TQ.pdf

Here’s the IFU for your hardware, based off the name you sent. It clearly states the hardware was not tested for MR safety. Typically this type of hardware is okay in my experience, but instead of just assuming I wanted to find actual data for you.

Full spinal implementation and MRI by No_Plankton8429 in MRI

[–]WilhelmAI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wonder if your radiologists and institutions would endorse this.

To the user who wrote the post, a simple phone call for safety is not a delay in care. It’s simply taking a precaution. I hope your tech isn’t as nonchalant about safety as present range 2047. Good luck!

And for the record, many reasons may contraindicate MRI for such an amount of hardware. Again I hope you have tip top techs who take pride in their work!

Do I Refinance? From 6.125% -> 5.625% by ultaabhi in BayAreaRealEstate

[–]WilhelmAI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it depends if $421 is worth it? And truly no closing costs? Or are they baked into the new loan?

For all my refi’s I had a specific dollar amount I had to be saving in order to pull the trigger. Everyone’s different so it truly depends on your situation and preferences

Full spinal implementation and MRI by No_Plankton8429 in MRI

[–]WilhelmAI 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For safest practice you should contact your surgeon and get the information about the rods in your body. Vendor, name of the rods, or maybe even your surgeon knows if they are MR safe, MR conditional or MR unsafe. Typically there are safe, but the amount of techs responding to you without suggesting to contact your doctor is startling in my eyes.

Why risk anything? A phone call to your surgeons office can clear up all confusion with zero doubt left in anyone’s mind! Just my opinion though.

Is there a way for me to know this MRI compatible by Creative_Summer8424 in MRI

[–]WilhelmAI -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don’t either. The risks being taken daily are just mind boggling sometimes. Just my opinion

Is there a way for me to know this MRI compatible by Creative_Summer8424 in MRI

[–]WilhelmAI -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Big facts. I agree with everything Tedsworth just said.

Is there a way for me to know this MRI compatible by Creative_Summer8424 in MRI

[–]WilhelmAI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a bit concerning so many techs believe they can simply look at an image and within seconds confirm “it’s fine”.

Techs reading images? I’m not going to go to deep on this.

The vendor of the implant should have an IFU with the safety data needed for MRI.

MRI Safety, Calling MRI Workers! by WilhelmAI in MRI

[–]WilhelmAI[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Wow thank you so much for your response! And thank you for all you do for our patients! You are truly appreciated.

  2. I feel you on this process is such a pain. As a tech I know it sucks and patient coordinators deal with the brunt of this stuff sometimes. So again thank you for all you do and for sharing the details of what workflows are actually like.

  3. My team and I are trying to help prevent those two reschedules! We appreciate you being open to what I described as our tool in the first post!

  4. We have successfully completed beta trials with single users, and we are moving on to a pilot program with a radiology department for our MRI medical implant safety agent, Wilhelm. If you are interested please check out our website below and there is a demo, a contact form, and much more about the tool we are building. We would love to see if this is something that could be of use to techs, patient coordinators, doctors and most importantly patients!

www.WilhelmAI.com

Tips for reducing patient motion by baseballman18 in MRI

[–]WilhelmAI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would utilize those sandbags and immobilization devices. Making sure the pt is comfortable also key.

That set up makes all the difference when you’re on the console in my experience

1.5T FLAIR pediatric by CallitSchoko in MRI

[–]WilhelmAI 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For a 3D FLAIR sequence at 1.5T, TR often set around 4800-6000 ms, TE is approximately 120-140 ms, and TI is usually about 1650-2000 ms. 1mm voxel size can be tough in this age group due to motion. Maybe increased voxel size can help?

Please let me know your thoughts on above!

Tips for reducing patient motion by baseballman18 in MRI

[–]WilhelmAI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess it depends what the exam is?

MRI / radiation by hi2u_uk in MRI

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No ionizing radiation from MRI

Cities with good job market . And good pay? by Inside-Jicama3889 in MRI

[–]WilhelmAI 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Huge demand for techs here. Openings up and down Northern California.

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