EMANUEL KANAL’S MRI SAFETY COURSE 2019
MELBOURNE, February 24th – 25th
Pullman Albert Park
AUCKLAND, February 28th – March 1st
Crowne Plaza Auckland
MRl’s MOST IMPORTANT TOPIC PRESENTED BY ITS LEADING CLINICAL AUTHORITY
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About THE COURSE
This MRMD/MRSO MR Safety Training Course will provide an in depth concentrated review of
- static magnetic fields (translation, torque, Lenz) and RF thermal issues updated with Dr. Kanal’s more recent and more concise four-mechanism approach to RF-related thermal injuries,
- induced e-field pathways and how and where they can extend beyond the RF-irradiated volume,
- gradient safety issues and the relationship of dB/dt concerns specifically to implanted wires and abandoned leads,
- the latest information regarding gadolinium based contrast agent safety and retained gadolinium, anthropogenic gadolinium, gadoliniumtoxicity.com, and “gadolinium deposition disease”.
There will also be extensive and detailed new sections dedicated to learning how to utilize the new MR safety app, MagnetvVisionTM, to help three dimensionally understand and apply implant scanning safety considerations and clinical problem solving. These new MR safety apps can help standardize our approach to MR safety assessment of implant patients. Since a focus on these apps is an integral objective of this refresher/update course, the apps will be made available, at no additional cost, to all registrants of this course who wish to receive them.
About Emanuel Kanal

Emanuel Kanal, MD, FACR, FISMRM, MRMD, MRSE, AANG Director, Magnetic Resonance Services Chief, Division of Emergency Radiology Professor of Radiology and Neuroradiology Department of Radiology University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Dr. Kanal has been involved in researching and teaching the world about magnetic resonance (MR) safety issues for more than 30 years, since the introduction of MRI as a clinical diagnostic tool. Having chaired the first magnetic resonance safety committee ever created, he also chaired numerous other MR safety committees and has been continually involved in and/or leading MR safety initiatives ever since. These include, among others, having chaired the MR Safety Committee for the American College of Radiology from its inception in 2001 until the summer of 2012, being awarded fellowship in the American College of Radiology as well as the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, and being named a Special Government Employee to the Food and Drug Administration on MR safety issues for both the Division of Medical Imaging and Hematology Products/Drug Safety group (of the Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology) regarding magnetic resonance contrast agents as well as the FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health regarding all matters relating to magnetic resonance safety.
included for ALL DELEGATES

MagnetVision™
Making the invisible…visible
Emanuel KANAL
Description
The MagnetVision™ app is designed to be used as an MR safety teaching tool for those who have attended one of Dr. Emanuel Kanal’s MRMD/MRSO MR Safety Training Courses. The app represents a graphic embodiment of the Kanal Method, the procedures developed and utilized by Dr. Kanal in his clinical practice when he performs risk assessments on patients with implants/devices/foreign bodies (IDFB) who are requested to undergo MRI examinations.
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About ABMRS
The ABMRS is honored to have been asked to return to Australia, and come to New Zealand for the first time, to provide examination and board certification for MR Safety Officer (MRSO), MR Medical Director (MRMD), and MR Safety Expert (MRSE). Examinations are scheduled for February 26th, in Melbourne, Australia, and March 2nd, in Auckland, New Zealand.
The 2018 exam in Sydney was the first international format ABMRS exam and was lauded by those who attempted it as hard but fair and a significant achievement to attain. If you are thinking of sitting the exam, please talk to this years examinees as i’m sure they can help you make up your mind, and more importantly, give you some study advice. It is a considerable thing to not only talk the talk, but have proof via a standardised exam.
RANZCR guidelines recommend this 3 tiered structure for ANZ MR sites This is the only exam of its type in the world, set by an international not-for-profit board of experts in the field. It has been offered since 2014 with close to 2000 people sitting.
The US exam administrator, MRTCA will oversee all aspects of the exam.
The Exam will be held in
Pullman Melbourne Albert Park
65 Queens Road Melbourne Victoria 3004 Australia
Note, please read: The exam registration will begin at 7:00 am and continue until 8:15 am local time. All examinees must be checked in, have all their personal items stored an be in the examination room by 8:15 am local time. From 8:15 am to 8:30 am local time the ABMRS proctors will give instructions and answer questions about taking the exam. The exam will begin promptly at 8:30 am local time and finish no later than 11:30 am local time.
We will have on-site storage if needed for your valuables.
FRESH off the PRESS;
ASMIRT AND ABMRS COLLABORATE ON LEVEL 2 MRI CERTIFICATION POINTS FOR MR
SAFETY OFFICER (MRSO) CREDENTIAL
MRI Safety Certification Earns ASMIRT Level 2 MRI Points
10 Level 2 MRI Accreditation points awarded to successful examinees.
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Preliminary Program
Venue Information

Pullman Melbourne Albert Park
65 Queens Road Melbourne Victoria 3004 Australia
Located near St Kilda and the Chapel Street Precincts, the Pullman Melbourne Albert Park is an upscale hotel overlooking picturesque Albert Park Lake, home
We have secured some great rates, to take advantage please contact the reservation team to make bookings via email [email protected] or call +61 3 85542528 and quote “EMANUEL KANAL MRI SAFETY COURSE” to avail below discounted rates.
Mercure Accommodation – $180.00 per night including full buffet breakfast for one guest and complimentary wifi
Pullman Accommodation – $250.00 per night including full buffet breakfast for one guest and complimentary wifi

Crowne Plaza Auckland
128 Albert Street, Auckland New Zealand
Located in downtown Auckland within a stones throw of Sky Tower, the Crowne Plaza Auckland is positioned perfectly for you to enjoy all the city has to offer.
Visit Book online with this link or call +64 9 3021111 for bookings.
Pricing & Registration
Please use the links below, to register for either the Melbourne or Auckland MRI Safety Course 2019.
all pricing includes GST, where applicable.
24th – 25th February 2019, Melbourne
Medical Consultants
- Full Access Training Materials Refreshments Access to MagnetVision™
Registrar/MIT/RT/Physicist/Other
- Full Access Training Material Refreshments Access to MagnetVision™
Non supporting Vendor
- Full Access Training Material Refreshments Access to MagnetVision™
28th February to 1st March 2019, Auckland
Medical Consultants
- Full Access Training Materials Refreshments Access to MagnetVision™
Registrar/MIT/RT/Physicist/Other
- Full Access Training Material Refreshments Access to MagnetVision™
Non supporting Vendor
- Full Access Training Material Refreshments Access to MagnetVision™
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