subject: Why You Should Consider A Career As An Mri Technician [print this page] There are a number of rewarding careers in the health care field. One of the more interesting is a career as an MRI technician. Not sure what they are or how they fit into the standard health care team? You may be surprised when you learn about the roles and responsibilities that an MRI technician will fulfill. MRI stands for magnetic resonance imaging and it is one of the newest diagnostic tools to be developed. It is a very useful diagnostic tool because it allows doctors to get an extremely precise and detailed look at the interior of the body and is also completely non-invasive. Therefore, because of its safety and the high level of information that doctors can get, it is rapidly becoming one of the most popular forms of diagnostic testing available today. Within the general duties of an MRI technician, there are further sub-fields which are also quite exciting. These can include magnetic resonance angiography, diffusion MRI and even magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Each of these is equally important for finding out about different possible conditions that could be affecting a patient. MRI technicians are frequently employed by hospitals and imaging diagnostic centers. Because it is extremely specialised, the field has extremely good employment opportunities, even for recent graduates. A good MRI program will give you a working knowledge of these different tests and procedures. The course should provide you with the tools and knowledge to provide high quality care to a range of patients from healthy to critically ill. This is important because in the course of administering testing to patients you will never be sure when their condition could change radically. It will provide you with a theoretical and practical knowledge of sectional anatomy as well as a more generalised look at diagnostic imaging techniques in general. It is a very high level course that requires you to have some background knowledge in physics and other advanced mathematics. If you are looking for a course, you need to make sure that it is properly accredited. Because you are spending a large amount of time undergoing theoretical and clinical training, you do not want to find that additional courses are needed on graduation in order to practice in a professional setting. Depending on where you live and where you hope to work, these requirements can vary significantly from country to country, and even state to state. Learning about what you need can end up saving you a large amount of time and energy after you have graduated.
