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AIRC Operator Check List


  1. HIPPA online training is required.
  2. A valid CPR certificate is preferred.
  3. Familiarity with system power up, power down procedures.
  4. Complete MRI safety training. Familiarity with safety buttons: table stop, Magnet power off, quench button plus standard fire alarm and door release.
  5. Able to identify RF shielding and magnetic shielding.
  6. Know the three basic components to get MR imaging (very homogeneous magnetic field, functioning transmitting and receiving RF system, functioning gradient system).
  7. Able to register/close subject.
  8. Able to load a protocol.
  9. Able to change protocol properties (add a pause, change protocol name, copy reference, etc.).
  10. Run localizer and application imaging sequences and able to resolve SAR and STIM related warning without compromising studies.
  11. Access imaging quality by using online display or viewer card (assurance of successful data acquisition).
  12. Data transfer and obtain hard copies (CD) at end of study.
  13. Aware how to report/record problems, logging use.
  14. Clean up after study.
  15. Manager approval, add to Operators list, then a key will be issued.
  16. Recertifications? More information to follow in the future.