MRI Technician

Duration: Full time

Benefits: With benefits

Total Number of openings: 2

Shift Timing: Day shift; 40 hr./ week; Monday - Friday

Certification: AART certification

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Operate a 3T Siemens MRI scanner to conduct clinical and human brain research studies, including structural, functional, diffusion MRI, and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS), as well as specialized imaging procedures and TMS-related research.
• Perform routine quality assurance (QA) of MRI scanners, instruments, data acquisition systems, pulse sequences, and activation paradigms to ensure reproducibility and the highest quality of imaging, behavioral, and physiological data, in collaboration with MRI physicists.
• Conduct MRI research and clinical procedures, including participant preparation, positioning, instruction, scanner operation, selection of appropriate imaging sequences, and operation of coils, matrix cameras, display equipment, and other peripheral hardware.
• Ensure compliance with applicable NIH standards, research protocols, and MRI safety regulations; screen participants, patients, and visitors for MRI contraindications, maintain screening documentation, and monitor participant safety, comfort, cooperation, physiological parameters, and examination duration.
• Perform comprehensive imaging data management, including entering participant/patient information, monitoring data acquisition, organizing computerized datasets, maintaining scan logs and research spreadsheets, and collecting, processing, transferring, and archiving raw and post-processed MRI images and data.
• Maintain secure and multiple redundant backups of all current and historical imaging data; transfer clinical images to PACS for radiologist review and research data to designated databases, offline workstations, and secure storage media.
• Coordinate and maintain MRI facility operations, including scanner scheduling, investigator and participant appointments, scanning logistics, equipment preparation, supplies, routine facility organization, and coordination of non-routine scanner maintenance.
• Train and assist research fellows, NIDA employees, and other scanner users in MRI operations and research procedures; track training completion, coordinate training renewals, and guide users toward independent scanner operation.
• Provide technical guidance and troubleshooting to staff, resolve MRI-related technical issues through independent research, participate in staff meetings to discuss protocol progress, and recommend equipment and facility modifications to optimize image quality, spectra, and scanner utilization.
• Participate in developing, implementing, and maintaining research protocols and operational documentation; operate specialized research equipment, including EEG, MRI, TMS, and tDCS, under the training and supervision of senior-level physicists, neuroscientists, and physicians, and assist in evaluating new imaging methods and techniques.

Deliverables:

• Work products and documents related to research procedures; operate Siemens scanner for human research utilizing both structural and functional MRI. Ad-Hoc
• Work products and documents related to performing different pulse sequence and activation paradigms; focus on reproducibility and quality assurance. Ad-Hoc
• Work products and documents related to performing study testing and observations duties.- Ad-Hoc Work products and documents related to acclimating participants with the MRI scanner; perform research related manipulations during MRI experiments. Ad-Hoc
• Work products and documents related to creating, entering and maintaining data spreadsheets. Ad-Hoc
• Clean Equipment – Daily
• Inspect Equipment - Daily

Qualifications:

• Skills
• Interpersonal skills due to extensive participant contact.

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