MR Installation Guidance
A detailed guidance document is currently being developed and will be available here in due course.
MR Off-label Scanning Adverse Events and Successes (MOSAES)
MR Off-label Scanning Adverse Events and Successes (MOSAES) aims to provide an avenue to share knowledge related to off-label and MR Unlabelled MRI scans.
Advanced Acceleration Technology resource
| Title | Resource sub-type | Year | Produced by | Access |
| Currently available resources | ||||
| MR AAT Experience Resource | Online database with compiled practical experience of deploying AAT | 2023 | IPEM | Open |
| MR AAT Pulse Sequence Protocols | Github repository | 2023 | IPEM | View on GitHub |
Guidance
| Title | Resource sub-type | Year | Produced by | Access |
| Currently available resources | ||||
| Clinical Imaging Board: MRI provision for cauda equina syndrome | Guidance Note | 2023 | IPEM Society and College of Radiographers Royal College of Radiologists |
Open |
| MRI: Connecting the Dots | Book | 2023 | IPEM Institute of Physics Publishing |
Purchase via IOP Publishing |
| Oral Diagnostics Tools and Techniques: A Physicist's Approach | Book | 2023 | IPEM Institute of Physics Publishing |
Purchase via IOP Publishing |
| Scientific Safety Advice to Magnetic Resonance Imaging Units that Undertake Human Imaging | Position Statement | 2023 | IPEM | Open |
| The Role of the Clinical Scientist in Magnetic Resonance Imaging | Policy Statement | 2023 | IPEM | Open |
| Advances in Image-Guided Cancer Nanomedicine | Book | 2022 | IPEM Institute of Physics Publishing |
Purchase via IOP Publishing |
| An international IPEM survey of MRI use for external beam radiotherapy treatment planning | Topical Report | 2021 | IPEM Institute of Physics Publishing |
Free access for IPEM members |
| Guidance on the use of MRI for EBRT treatment planning | Topical Report | 2021 | IPEM Institute of Physics Publishing |
Free access for IPEM members |
| Imaging Modalities for Biological and Preclinical Research: A Compendium, Volume 1 | Book | 2021 | IPEM Institute of Physics Publishing |
Purchase via IOP Publishing |
| Imaging Modalities for Biological and Preclinical Research: A Compendium, Volume 2 | Book | 2021 | IPEM Institute of Physics Publishing |
Purchase via IOP Publishing |
| A 2018 IPEM survey of MRI use for EBRT treatment planning in the UK | Topical Report | 2019 | IPEM Institute of Physics Publishing |
Free access for members |
| Anatomy for the Royal College of Radiologists Fellowship | Book | 2019 | IPEM Institute of Physics Publishing |
Purchase via IOP Publishing |
| Clinical Imaging Board position statement on patient identification | Position Statement | 2019 | IPEM Society and College of Radiographers Royal College of Radiologists |
Open |
| Detection Systems in Lung Cancer and Imaging, Volume 1 | Book | 2019 | IPEM Institute of Physics Publishing |
Purchase via IOP Publishing |
| Machine Learning for Tomographic Imaging | Book | 2019 | IPEM Institute of Physics Publishing |
Purchase via IOP Publishing |
| Scientific Basis of the Royal College of Radiologists Fellowship Ed. 2 - Illustrated questions and answers | Book | 2019 | IPEM Institute of Physics Publishing |
Purchase via IOP Publishing |
| Anthropomorphic Phantoms in Image Quality and Patient Dose Optimization | Book | 2018 | IPEM Institute of Physics Publishing |
Purchase via IOP Publishing |
| Clinical Imaging Board position statement on MRI for patients with pacemakers and ICDs | Position Statement | 2018 | IPEM Society and College of Radiographers Royal College of Radiologists British Cardiovascular Society |
Open |
| Computational Anatomical Animal Models: Methodological developments and research applications | Book | 2018 | IPEM Institute of Physics Publishing |
Purchase via IOP Publishing |
| Multiparametric MRI Prostate Imaging Guidance Document | Reference Guide | 2018 | Prostate Cancer UK Society and College of Radiographers |
Open |
| Clinical Imaging Board report on MRI equipment, operations and planning in the NHS | Guidance Note | 2017 | IPEM Society and College of Radiographers Royal College of Radiologists |
Open |
| Clinical Imaging Board: Additional MRI equipment needed to deliver a world class imaging service | Position Statement | 2017 | IPEM Society and College of Radiographers Royal College of Radiologists |
Open |
| IPEM Report 112: Quality Control and Artefacts in MRI | Book | 2017 | IPEM | Available via the LMS Member access Non-member access |
| MRI Safety Notices | Report on recommendations Downloadable/printable safety notices |
2017 | IPEM | Open |
| Recommendations for MRI Safety Notices | Advice Note | 2017 | IPEM | Open |
| Clinical Imaging Board: Position statement on patient identification for MRI examinations | Position Statement | 2016 | IPEM Society and College of Radiographers Royal College of Radiologists |
Open |
| Clinical Imaging Board: Patient Identification - Guidance and advice* | Guidance Note | 2015 | IPEM Society and College of Radiographers Royal College of Radiologists |
Open |
| Withdrawn | ||||
| IPEM Report 80 Ed. 2: Quality Control in MR Imaging* | Book | 2002 | IPEM | Withdrawn (superseded by IPEM Report 112) |
*Please note that these titles were published in 2015 or earlier and therefore standards, protocols, guidance and research findings may have been updated since its publication. IPEM cannot be held responsible for out of date information contained within this publication.
Outreach resources
| Title | Resource sub-type | Year | Produced by | Access |
| Currently available resources | ||||
| Outreach activity: Diagnostic scanning modalities | Torso Phantom Presentation Session notes/handouts |
2020 | IPEM | Request by completing outreach library form |
| MRI from a patient's perspective | Video | 2018 | IPEM | Open |
| Outreach activity: MR/CT scan demo | Life size cardboard cut out Presentation with quiz questions Session notes/handouts |
2018 | IPEM | Request by completing outreach library form |
| The Science and the Scientists: Seeing inside the body with MRI | Outreach leaflet | 2017 | IPEM | Open |
| LEGO Model of an MRI Machine | Table top model | 2016 | IPEM | Request by completing outreach library form |
Training
| Title | Resource sub-type | Year | Produced by | Access |
| Currently available resources | ||||
| Magnetic Resonance Safety Expert Online Training Course | Content and presentations (attendee access only) | 2024 | IPEM | Open |
Webinars and past conference resources
| Title | Resource sub-type | Year | Produced by | Access |
| Currently available resources | ||||
| Event: Everything MRI All At Once | Programme Abstracts Posters (attendee acess only) Presentations (attendee access only) |
2024 | IPEM | Open |
| Webinar: Radformation – Discover RadMachine: The QA and QC Platform Built for You | Webinar recording | 2024 | IPEM Radformation |
Open |
| Event: MR Safety Update | Programme Abstracts Lightning talks (attendee access only) Posters (attendee access only) Presentations (attendee access only) |
2023 | IPEM | Open |
| Event: MRI Protocol Development: Clinical Standardisation and Optimisation | Programme Abstracts Presentations (attendee access only) |
2023 | IPEM | Open |
| Webinar: Advanced Acceleration Technology in MRI - An Overview | Webinar Recording | 2023 | IPEM | Open |
| Webinar: Advanced Acceleration Technology in MRI - GE Healthcare | Webinar Recording | 2023 | IPEM | Open |
| Webinar: Advanced Acceleration Technology in MRI - Philips | Webinar Recording | 2023 | IPEM | Open |
| Webinar: Advanced Acceleration Technology in MRI - Siemens | Webinar Recording | 2023 | IPEM | Open |
| Webinar: Quality Assurance Throughout the MRI Lifecycle | Webinar Recording | 2023 | IPEM | Open |
| Event: Advanced Neuro MRI - From Research to Clinical Implementation | Programme Abstracts Presentations (attendee access only) |
2022 | IPEM | Open |
| Event: Imaging in Radiotherapy | Programme Abstracts Presentations (attendee access only) |
2022 | IPEM | Open |
| Event: Magnetic Resonance in Radiotherapy | Programme Abstracts Presentations (attendee access only) |
2022 | IPEM | Open |
| Webinar: MR in Radiotherapy #1 | Webinar Recording | 2022 | IPEM | Open |
| Webinar: MR in Radiotherapy #2 | Webinar Recording | 2022 | IPEM | Open |
| Webinar: MR in Radiotherapy #3 | Webinar Recording | 2022 | IPEM | Open |
| Webinar: MR in Radiotherapy #4 | Webinar Recording | 2022 | IPEM | Open |
| Event: MR Safety Update 2021 | Abstracts | 2021 | IPEM | Open |
Workforce resources
| Title | Resource sub-type | Year | Produced by | Access |
| Currently available resources | ||||
| Magnetic Resonance Imaging Minimum Provision Guidance 2022 | Workforce Calculator (pdf version) | 2023 | IPEM | Open Workforce Resources |
| Magnetic Resonance Imaging Minimum Provision Guidance 2022 | Workforce Calculator (excel version) | 2023 | IPEM | Open Workforce Resources |
| Magnetic Resonance Workforce Survey - Summary Report | Workforce Report | 2023 | IPEM | Open Workforce Resources |
| Magnetic Resonance Imaging Staffing Level Report | Workforce Report | 2014 | IPEM | Open Workforce Resources |
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