Common Issues

MRI research requires conscientious operators performing many complicated steps. Here are some commonly-encountered issues and general guides on how to resolve them:

Console

Adding/Deleting Sequences While a Scan is Running

• To stop a sequence that has started: Click the button with the red square on it at the bottom of the screen.
• To start a stopped sequence from the beginning: The sequence you stopped will now be greyed out on the list, as if it had completed and the program is ready to continue on. Right-click the sequence you just stopped and click "Rerun from here" if the scan you stopped was the one that had just started and you intend to run the rest of the card from there. If you are trying to redo a sequence that you stopped several sequences ago, copy it down by clicking on it and dragging it down to when you would like it to be run.
• To delete an upcoming sequence: Right-click the scan and click "Delete". This will remove it from the card you are currently running, but will not delete it from the exam card as it was designed and intended to be run. As such, if you are pressed for time and need to make a real-time decision to skip sequences, be assured that you can delete them from the currently-running program and the entire original card will still appear the next time you start the study.

Closing a Patient

• If you are between sequences and are trying to close the patient, you may find that the "Close Patient" option is greyed out and you cannot click on it. Start the next sequence and stop it again immediately--the "Close Patient" option should now be available to you. This happens because the software automatically prepares the next sequence after it finishes the current one, so you cannot close out when the scanner is already primed to continue. Allowing the primed sequence to begin and stopping it tells the software that the user wants the procedure stopped and it is now okay to close out the registered patient.