ACR PRACTICE PARAMETER FOR PERFORMING AND INTERPRETING MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI)
PREAMBLE
I.
INTRODUCTION
II.
INDICATIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS
III.
QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL
A.
Physician
III.
QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL
B.
Medical Physicist / MR Scientist
III.
QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL
C.
Non-Physician Radiology Provider (NPRP)
III.
QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL
D.
Radiologic Technologist
IV.
SPECIFICATIONS OF THE EXAMINATION
V.
DOCUMENTATION
VI.
EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS
VII.
SAFETY GUIDELINES
VIII.
QUALITY CONTROL AND IMPROVMENT, SAFETY, INFECTION CONTROL, AND PATIENT EDUCATION
AKCNOWLEDGEMENTS
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