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TU‐A‐L100E‐01: ACR MR Accreditation: Changes and the Expanding Role of the Medical Physicist
Author(s) -
Jackson E
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.2761300
Subject(s) - accreditation , medical physicist , quality assurance , medicine , medical physics , certification and accreditation , medical education , nuclear medicine , pathology , external quality assessment
The American College of Radiology MRI Accreditation Program has been active since 1996. As of November 2006, almost 4400 facilities and over 5900 individual MR units had been accredited since the initiation of the program. Until recently, there have been few changes to the accreditation requirements since the program was initiated. However, the ACR recently expanded the original Whole Body MRI Accreditation Program to include 3T systems and very recently announced a Cardiac MRI Accreditation Module. Additional modules, such as a Breast MRI Accreditation Module, are under development. In addition, the MRI Quality Control Manual, first printed in 2001 and revised, with minor changes, in 2004, is currently under revision. This continuing education course will review the current status and requirements of the ACR Whole Body MRI Accreditation Program, the requirements for and issues related to 3T system accreditation, and the recently released Cardiac MRI Accreditation Module. In addition, this course will focus on the expanding roles of medical physicists outside of the conventional ACR MR Accreditation Program involvement. Educational Objectives: 1. Review of the current ACR Whole Body MRI Accreditation Program requirements and current program statistics. 2. Review the recent modifications of the ACR MRI Accreditation Program, including the 3T scanner requirements as well as the requirements of the new Cardiac MRI Accreditation Module. 3. Review the status of other MR initiatives that have been announced by the ACR. 4. Outline the expanding role of the medical physicist in MR quality assurance and accreditation.