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MRI Committee Page

The committee webpage is designed to be a useful resource for SPR members. We want to provide useful links, educational material and in the future, a question and answer section to exchange information and ideas. General radiologists may find some content informational especially when it pertains to uniquely pediatric situations.

Professional Resources

ABMRS Certification

To access the certification from the American Board of Magnetic Resonance Safety (ABMRS), please click here.

ASPNR

To access the website for the American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology (ASPNR) click here.

ISMRM

To access the website for the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), click here.

MRI Journals

To access full versions of the Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (JMRI), click here.

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

To access full versions of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, click here.

MRI Technologist Resources

To view the Society for MR Radiographers and Technologist (SMRT) website, please click here.

MR Safety Resources

MRI Safety

For more information on MRI safety, bioeffects, and patient management, view the MRI safety website here.
To view the safety guidelines for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Equipment in Clinical Use, click here.

Contrast Related Safety

MRI Safety in Neonates

To view SPR's Neonatal Imaging page, click here.
Hypothermia and thermoregulation in newborn infants
To view Safety of Anesthesia in Neonates - Research group, click here.
MR compatible Incubators
Neonatal Intensive Care Scanners
Gadolinium in Newborn/Infants
Acoustic Noise
Specific Absorption Rate
Wrap and Feed Technique
To view: Tocchio, S. et al, MRI evaluation and safety in the developing brain, Seminars in Perinatology, Volume 39, Issue 2, March 2015, Pages 73-104, ISSN 0146-0005, please click here.

Journal Articles

To view the journal article: A Practical Guide to MR Imaging Safety: What Radiologists Need to Know, please click here.

Educational Resources

ACR Practical Guidelines

Symposium Articles

To view: Pediatric Radiology MiniSymposium on MRI, please click here.

MRI Artifacts

•Magnetic resonance imaging artifacts: Mechanism and clinical significance Magnetic resonance imaging artifacts: Mechanism and clinical significance

•Body MR Imaging: Artifacts, k-Space, and Solutions

•MR artifacts : A Review

Online MR Resources

•Sick Kids Toronto, CA free peds MRI mobile app

•Link for pedsMRI App on Android: https://play.google.com/store/ apps/details?id=ca.sickkids. pedsmri&hl=en

•Link for pedsMRI on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/ app/pedsmri/id934527233?mt=8

Sequence On Various Scanners

•Sequence on Various Scanners

SPR Courses

To view upcoming SPR courses, please click here.
To view past SPR courses and meetings, please click here.

Advanced MRI Techniques

fMRI

ACR Guidelines

Liver Iron Quantification

•Liver Iron Quantification: Quantification of Liver Iron With MRI: State of the Art and Remaining Challenges

•Liver Fat/Iron quantification: Quantitative Imaging Biomarkers of NAFLD

•Iron Quantification: Use of magnetic resonance imaging to monitor iron overload

Fetal MRI

•Fetal MRI

MR Elastography

•MR Elastography

MR Perfusion

•MR Perfusion

MR Urography

•MR Urography

•CHOP MR Urography Software

Cardiac MRI

Fratz, S., Chung, T., Greil, G. F., Samyn, M. M., Taylor, A. M., Valsangiacomo Buechel, E. R., … Powell, A. J. (2013). Guidelines and protocols for cardiovascular magnetic resonance in children and adults with congenital heart disease: SCMR expert consensus group on congenital heart disease. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 15(1), 51. doi:10.1186/1532-429X-15-51

MRI Committee

Roster

Michael S. Gee, MD, PhD, Chair
Govind B. Chavhan, MD DNB, Vice Chair
Sudha A. Anupindi, MD
Maddy Artunduaga, MD
Sherwin S. Chan, MD
Apeksha Chaturvedi, MBBS
Taylor Chung, MD
Jorge H. Davila-Acosta, MD
Jonathan R. Dillman, MD
Shahnaz Ghahremani Koureh, MD
Mary-Louise C. Greer, MBBS
Saurabh Guleria, MD
Mai-Lan Ho, MD
Camilo Jaimes Cobos, MD
Amy B. Kolbe, MD
Michael M. Moore, MD
Cara E. Morin, MD
Skorn Ponrartana, MD
Suraj D. Serai, PhD
Susan Sotardi, MD
Gayathri Sreedher, MD
Unni K. Udayasankar, MD
Shreyas S. Vasanawala, MD, PhD
Teresa Victoria, MD, PhD
Esben S. Vogelius, MD