Never infer device status
Use the exact manufacturer and model, verify conditions against the specific scanner, and escalate uncertainty rather than converting it into permission.
Professional workspace
Run the study with fewer missed steps.
A device-local MRI workflow reference for planning, adaptation, troubleshooting and documentation. Built to support judgement at the console—not replace local protocols, safety authority or radiologist direction.
Quick launch
Go directly to the task that matters now.
One workflow, four phases
The app is organised around the actual study.
Phase 01BeforeSafety, preparation, positioning and patient adaptation.
Phase 02PlanProtocol, sequence substitutions and parameter choices.
Phase 03DuringTiming, artefact correction, verification and rescue.
Phase 04AfterTraceable limitations, notes and saved decisions.
Professional operating principles
The standards that make a reference tool trustworthy.
Protect the sequences that answer the question
When time, motion or tolerance becomes limiting, shorten deliberately and document what was preserved, substituted or omitted.
Review before the patient leaves
Check coverage, plane, contrast, motion, fat suppression, distortion and whether the clinical target is actually demonstrated.
Make ownership visible
Record a local owner, version and review date in Site Profile so staff can distinguish a maintained departmental reference from an unowned file.
Built from real gaps at the console
MRI Bench was created by an MRI technologist working in the field since 2018, especially to help students and newer technologists find practical answers faster.
Before · 01
Before anyone goes in
Prompts, not permissions. Everything here defers to your site's MR safety policy and your MR safety officer — this exists so things aren't forgotten, not to clear anyone.
Implant intake — collect this before anyone decides
Before · 02
Adapt, or cut it short
Real patients arrive with more than one thing in the way at once. Tick everything that applies and how long the exam runs, and it works out a combined plan — including where two workarounds fight each other. If adapting is not going to be enough, it also gives you the diagnostic core to protect and the order to drop things in.
Plan · 03
Build a protocol
Region, question, and what you've actually got available. Returns an acquisition order with setup, console notes, and the artefacts to expect.
or set the study manually
During · 05
Post-contrast clock
Start it when the injection starts. The current window highlights itself so the phase you're in is the one you're looking at.
00:00
Windows vary with agent, injection rate, cardiac output and site protocol — and bolus tracking beats a fixed delay whenever you have it. Use this to stay oriented, not to overrule your protocol.
During · 06
Fix an artefact
If you know what it is, name it. If you don't, describe what you're looking at and work backwards.
During · 08
Something is happening now
Sequenced prompts for events in the MR environment. These do not replace your site's emergency procedures, your resuscitation team, or your training — they exist so the MR-specific steps aren't the ones that get forgotten.
After · 09
Write it up
An abbreviated or degraded study is reportable when it's clearly described and misleading when it isn't. Tick what happened and this builds the note.
Documentation standard
A professional limitation note should let the next person understand exactly what happened without reconstructing the examination from the image list.
1State the event
What limited, interrupted or changed the study.
2Name the change
What was omitted, repeated, shortened or substituted.
3Describe adequacy
Whether the clinical question remains addressable.
4Record escalation
Who was informed and whether further imaging was advised.
Before · 03
Prep and set-up
Everything to sort before the patient is on the table — fasting, bladder, coil, positioning, coaching — gathered per region so none of it gets remembered halfway through the exam.
Plan · 05
The scanner doesn't have it
The ideal protocol calls for a technique your system doesn't have. Pick what you're missing and get the nearest thing you can actually run — and what the substitution costs you.
During · 09
Is this real or an artefact?
Something on the image could be a finding, or could be an artefact mimicking one. Pick what you're looking at to see how to tell them apart and which single step settles it.
Image acceptance gate
Before ending the examination, make a deliberate pass across the six failure points most likely to create a technically complete but clinically weak study.
CoverageThe target and required margins are included.
PlaneObliquity follows the anatomy or lesion, not the table.
ContrastThe sequence weighting answers the intended question.
MotionBlur and ghosting do not obscure the key structure.
Suppression & SNRFat suppression and signal are usable across the full field.
DistortionGeometry remains trustworthy where measurements matter.
During · 10
Re-scan, or fix it in reprocessing?
Before you tell a patient to come back, check whether the problem can be salvaged from data you've already acquired. Some things reprocess cleanly; some were never sampled and cannot.
After · 10
Saved lookups
Anything you saved from the other modes, newest first. Stored privately against this app.
Plan
Create an MRI sequence
Start from any sequence in the library, name it the way your scanner does, then change it and watch what the change costs. Starting values are illustrative teaching settings, not your site's.
Acquisition time
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baseline
Relative signal
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baseline
In-plane voxel
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Voxel volume
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Which lever to pulleffect · cost
Time is the textbook 2D relationship — TR × phase steps × averages ÷ (echo train × parallel factor), scaled by phase FOV. TE does not change acquisition time directly; it changes contrast and signal, and can force a longer minimum TR or echo spacing. Signal is relative and includes an illustrative T2 decay term. Your console adds concatenations, dummy shots and dead time, so treat these as the size of the trade, not the clock reading.
Reference
Sequences & parameters
What each sequence is for and how it is built, plus what every parameter actually does when you change it. Parameter ranges are illustrative teaching values, not your site's protocol values — the numbers that matter are the ones on your scanner.
For sequence names on a specific system see Vendors; to work a parameter change through against scan time and signal, use Tune.
Reference
Staging & evolution
How the same finding changes on each sequence as it ages — and which sequence shows it first. Useful for knowing what you should already be seeing on the console, and when a normal-looking sequence does not mean a normal study.
Reference
Vendor cross-reference
The same sequence, named across systems. For staff moving between sites, or reading an outside study's sequence list. Naming drifts between software versions — treat as a guide.
Generic descriptors are shown where a vendor has no distinct brand for that sequence. This is illustrative — confirm the exact name on your own scanner and software version.
Reference
Site profile
Make this bench match your department. Settings and notes are stored privately on this device only — nothing leaves it, and they persist between sessions.
Applied automatically to the study strip each time the bench opens.
Shows in Acquire for this region
Local notes are a convenience for your team. They never override the safety line: nothing here clears a patient, and your site's written protocols and MR safety authority remain final.
Clinical governance
Local ownership and review
These fields do not change clinical content. They make the local copy auditable by showing who owns it, what version is in use and when it was last reviewed.
Governance details have not been completed on this device.
Before
Patient positioning
How to set the patient up for a clean study — orientation, coil, immobilisation and comfort. Follows the region on the study strip.
Reference
Trainer
A quick self-test built from the bench's own content — sequence purpose, artefacts, salvage calls and vendor names. For students and new starters.
Score 0 / 0
Press start to begin. Questions are drawn at random across the whole bench.
Project
Why I built MRI Bench
A practical reference created from the information gaps I kept meeting during real MRI work.
The tool I wish I had when I started
I have been working as an MRI technologist since 2018. Over the years, I kept running into the same problem: during busy shifts, I would need practical information for a situation in front of me, but the answer was often scattered, difficult to find quickly, or simply not available in a useful on-the-spot format.
That experience is why I created MRI Bench. I wanted one place that brings together quick, practical guidance for the kinds of situations that come up at the console—protocol planning, positioning, sequence choices, artefacts, adaptations, timing, staging and workflow decisions.
My main goal is to help newer technologists, students and anyone still building confidence in MRI. MRI Bench does not replace local protocols, formal training or clinical judgement. It is the kind of memory aid I wish had been available to me: useful information, close at hand, when the shift is moving quickly.
Help keep the core reference free
If MRI Bench has helped you during training or a shift, voluntary support helps fund maintenance, corrections and new content.
Project
Support MRI Bench
MRI Bench is independently built and the core clinical reference will remain free. Voluntary contributions help cover hosting, maintenance, testing and future updates.
No contribution is expected
Use the free reference as often as it helps. Support is optional and never changes access to safety or essential clinical content.
The payment page must be connected in the MRIBENCH_MONETIZATION settings near the bottom of this HTML file.
Project
MRI Bench Pro
The clinical reference stays free. Pro is planned around convenience, personalisation and team workflow—not putting essential safety information behind a paywall.
$0
Core reference
- Protocols and sequence guidance
- Artefact and rescue references
- Staging, positioning and safety prompts
- Basic search and device-local tools
$3.99 / month
Personal workspace
- Saved favourites and recent studies
- Custom protocol and sequence templates
- Personal notes and cross-device sync
- Exportable worksheets and update access
$29.99 annual option planned. Pricing is provisional.
$149 / year
Department workspace
- Shared departmental protocol library
- Administrator-controlled updates
- Version history and governance fields
- Team templates and department branding
Starting concept for small teams; final pricing may vary by department size.
Project
Sponsor MRI Bench
A focused partnership opportunity for organisations that genuinely serve MRI professionals—without turning the clinical workflow into an advertising surface.
$150 / month
Single labelled placement
One professional sponsor card on the Overview and Support areas while audience data is being established.
$300 / month
Featured partner
Prominent placement plus a short, clearly labelled partner description and link.
$500 / month
One partner per category
Category exclusivity for a relevant education, equipment, recruitment or professional-service partner.
These are introductory test rates, not guaranteed market values. Packages should be adjusted as verified traffic and repeat-use data become available.
Relevant partners only
MRI education, safety training, conferences, coils, positioning, patient-comfort equipment, MRI-compatible equipment and specialist recruitment are the best fit.
Clearly labelled
Every paid placement is marked “Sponsored partner.” It will never be styled to resemble a clinical control, warning or recommendation.
Editorial separation
Sponsors do not approve, edit or influence clinical content. Payment does not create an endorsement by MRI Bench.
Protected workflow: no sponsor or advertisement is placed inside Safety, Implant, Urgent, Clock or other time-critical clinical panels.
Project
Policies, independence and contact
The boundaries that keep MRI Bench useful, transparent and separate from clinical authority or commercial influence.
Last reviewed · 28 July 2026
Medical and educational disclaimer
MRI Bench is an educational, vendor-neutral memory aid for MRI professionals and learners. It does not clear a patient or implant, replace local written protocols, manufacturer labelling, formal training, emergency procedures, an MR safety authority, a medical physicist, a radiologist or qualified clinical judgement.
Sequence names, parameters, timing windows and recommended actions vary by scanner, software version, coil, contrast agent and local practice. Confirm locally before scanning or changing patient care.
Editorial policy
Content is written to be practical, cautious and vendor-neutral. Safety-critical uncertainty should be stated rather than converted into permission. Essential clinical content is kept separate from paid placements.
MRI Bench is currently an educational beta and has not been independently clinically validated. Corrections and review feedback are welcomed through the contact form below.
Privacy policy
The core workspace stores settings, notes and saved lookups on the user’s device using browser storage. MRI Bench is not a patient-record system and users must not enter identifiable patient information.
Pro-interest, sponsor and contact forms send only the information a user chooses to submit. The hosting provider may process standard technical request data needed to deliver the site and receive the form.
MRI Bench uses Google AdSense on the Overview screen. Google and its advertising partners may use cookies, local storage, IP address, device information and ad-interaction data to deliver, limit, measure and protect advertisements. Depending on the visitor’s location, consent choices and Google settings, ads may be personalised or non-personalised. European-regulations consent is managed through Google’s certified consent-management options configured in AdSense Privacy & messaging.
Terms of use
Use of MRI Bench is at the user’s professional discretion and subject to local policy. The service is provided as an educational aid without a guarantee that every item is complete, current or suitable for a particular scanner, patient or clinical question.
Users remain responsible for checking local protocols, device conditions and applicable professional requirements. Do not use the site to store patient records or confidential clinical data.
Sponsorship and advertising policy
Paid placements are clearly labelled and do not influence clinical content. Sponsorship does not equal endorsement. Ads or partner banners will not appear inside safety, implant, emergency or time-critical workflow panels, and will never be designed to look like a clinical control.
A single responsive Google AdSense display unit may appear on the Overview screen. It is separated from navigation and clinical controls, is not fixed or sticky, and is automatically hidden when no ad is available. Google advertising is subject to the visitor’s applicable consent choices and the controls configured in AdSense.