IPEM MR Advanced Acceleration Technology task and finish group resources coming soon…
New and upcoming resources on MR Advanced Acceleration Technology (AAT), provided by the IPEM MR AAT Task and Finish Group. The upcoming resources will be available soon and will be publicised once they are available.
These webinars provide essential information on MR AAT technology and its implementation from users across the UK and Ireland. These resources are suitable for anyone working in MRI, including physicists, radiographers, radiologists and radiology service managers.
Webinars
Webinar 1 (Steve Jackson, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust): Advanced Acceleration technology – An Overview
Webinar 2 (Ed Peake, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust): Advanced Acceleration Technology – GE Healthcare
Webinar 3 (Simon Shah, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust): Advanced Acceleration Technology – Siemens
Webinar 4 (Mike Hutton, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust): Advanced Acceleration Technology – Philips
Webinar 1 provides an overview of MR AAT across the three main vendors and discusses the deployment of it, with the primary goal of increasing patient throughput in MR. Webinars 2-4 then focus on the vendor implementations of the technology and provide user examples and case studies of the impact of the AAT across clinical services.
MR AAT live resource
This live resource provides detailed information on MR AAT and its implementation from users across the UK and Ireland. It includes an overview of the availability of the software across the three main vendors, where it works well and less well, and the expected impact on patient throughput. The resource is open to both IPEM and non-IPEM members.
MR AAT resourcehttps://www.ipem.ac.uk/resources/mr-advanced-acceleration-technology/
Further details on the aims and background to the resource can be found by following the above link.
Resources will be updated regularly as knowledge and experience of the different vendor implementations of AAT grows in the MR community. Contributions are welcome from anyone who is involved in the deployment and implementation of AAT in research or clinical scanning.
If you see any gaps in the information that you believe you can plug, please get in touch with the T&F group (email michael.hutton4@nhs.net and steven.jackson6@nhs.net). The task and finish group are particularly keen to hear from anyone with experience in implementing the new Philips Compressed SENSE AI software.
MR AAT protocol sharing resource (Coming soon!)
The task and finish group are working on creating a library of example protocol files (for direct upload onto compatible MR scanners) for the three main MR vendors. These may be used on compatible systems or act as a reference to demonstrate a successful implementation of AAT. All protocols that are shared will be locally approved protocols that are in clinical use at another institution. This resource will be available within the next 2 months.
MR AAT case studies (Coming soon!)
The task and finish group are also working on a number of MR AAT case studies that will be published later this year. These will include anatomy and technique specific case studies from the three main vendors.
IPEM Topical Report on MR AAT (Coming 2024!)
A final output will be an IPEM Topical Report on MR AAT, covering all aspects of MR AAT including guidance on purchasing, evaluation and implementation and impact assessments.
