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On 29 October, 2011, at the
Radisson Hotel in Covington, Kentucky, USA, the Kentucky SMRT Local
Chapter hosted their inaugural MRI Educational Seminar. Current
Kentucky SMRT Local Chapter officers are Barry Southers, BRST,
RT(R)(MR) – President; Elizabeth Macaluso, BRST, RT(R)(MR) –
Treasurer; and, Amanda Golsch, BS, RT(R)MR) – Secretary. A total of
61 attendees were present and listened to speakers such as
internationally renowned MRI educators and past-SMRT presidents Bill
Faulkner and Candi Roth. Mr. Faulkner delivered two lectures, one
titled “MRI Conditional Pacemaker” and another on “Managing SAR:
Preventing Patient Injuries”. Ms. Roth also lectured twice at the
seminar, first on “MR Contrast Media” and then on “Optimizing Scan
Protocols for Enhanced Body Imaging”. Other speakers included the
Kentucky SMRT Secretary and 2011 SMRT John A. Koveleski Award winner
Amanda Golsch, who spoke on “Animal MRI: The Technologist’s Role”;
University of Cincinnati Neuroscientist Dr. Jane Allendorfer
presented on “Neuroimaging Stress in Epilepsy”; and Kentucky Chapter
SMRT president and current SMRT Policy Board member Barry Southers,
who spoke on “Everything You Wanted To Know About MR Physics But
Were Afraid To Ask”. |
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