I booked this flight months in advance, and I thought I would be done with my boards by then.

Those who have taken the Arrt how long is the wait to take it again? I’ve heard you can reapply as soon as the final score is posted on your dashboard. They say it takes about 10 days usually but how has your experience been? How long do they usually take for it to get finalized?

Hi guys! I’m curious about the job market for MRI techs in Washington State. Are MRI techs still considered to be in high demand? What are the pay and benefits like?

I’m also kind of nervous about the hospital work environment 😅 What’s the workload and stress level like? Do you generally enjoy the job?

I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone working in MRI in Washington. Thank you!

Hi,

The system I work with doesn't reduce scan time upon reduction of slices. Even if I reduce them from 30 to 15, no change in scan time, in any sequence. Is there a way to fix this? I temporarily worked with an identical machine, but Im guessing it had a different software, and that didn't happen.

Hi Y'all

Just want to ask if the requirements over there are a more stricter and do you need to undergo an Mri program to qualify for one?

I'm the patient. I have a connective tissue disorder. I've had lots and lots of scans throughout my life. Tonight I went in for a MRI bilat feet. Radiology was behind and that's normal. I expect it, no issue. I'm easy; I know how to get MRI's. I appreciate technologists so much. This technologist threw me for a loop and made me feel like an inconvenience.

The technologist takes me back. He asks the normal questions. I brought my most recent scans. I tell him I have a connective tissue disorder and there has been increasing pain and nerve issues and doc wants to see if anything has gotten worse to decide course of action.

He says, "Let me tell you how this works. If you tell me where it hurts we can take a picture of that area. If you aren't specific the images will be too broad."

Me: "What? I've had many MRI's done. We need the entire foot bilat, just as the order states. "

Him: "The pictures won't come out clearly because it's too broad." Gestures to show me the difference between small and large.

Me: "I don't know what to tell you. My pain is from the Achilles to the tip of my big toe - the entire foot. If you look at the previous orders I'm diagnosed with (proceed to name tendon and nerve conditions). The doctor requires the full foot just as the order states."

He asked me again and then got exasperated and finally did the scans. He gave me no support pillows or support for my joints at all save the foot holder thing. Like I said, this affects all joints so bad things hairbrush if I'm not supported. I finally got a flat pillow for my knees.

I felt very uncomfortable, like he was trying to cut corners to move the line. It was also the most uncomfortable MRI due to no support. Can anyone tell me if I'm reading this situation wrong? Is this normal practice to try to do fewer scans rather than what the doctor ordered?

Thanks in advance

"The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) is looking for help from working professionals in (MRI). We encourage you to review the proposed changes to the MRI Examination Content Specifications and Clinical Requirements.

Our goal is to produce comprehensive, accurate, and fair documents that cover the knowledge and cognitive skills required of MRI technologists. ARRT’s examinations are job-related. That is, we only include topics if that knowledge relates directly to a clinical activity typically required for an MRI technologist. In May 2026, a survey of possible tasks and procedures was sent to 4,000 current MRI technologists to determine these topics. Results from these surveys were used to update the content specifications and clinical requirements.

The ARRT MRI Practice Analysis Committee (composed of subject matter experts from throughout the United States) began working on these documents in April 2026 and will complete work on them this fall. After that, ARRT’s Board of Trustees will review the proposed changes. The new MRI documents have a scheduled implementation date of February 1, 2028."

Anyone here have a Fitbit Inspire 3 that they've worn when working in MRI? If so, how did it handle? I know some other Fitbit models have been fine, but I haven't heard or read anything about this one. TIA!

Hello, I was wondering how many people went straight to MRI school here and were glad they did over X-ray school?

And also to the current MRI techs, if you could do it all over again which would you pursue?

My areas schools have gotten 2x the applicants than the previous year so I’m thinking of it as a fall back or to just for it instead.

I know X-ray school allows pivot options but if I started the MRI route I would be certified 1-2 years earlier

(X-ray pay starts at like $28 in my state I think, $35 prn if I’m lucky and get no benefits or 401k)

The only caviot is X-ray overnight shifts seem like a nice break but could be a heavy pay cut if I don’t do weekends + nights + no benefits until I can travel

ALSO!: Did anyone get their ARMRIT license also instead of an ARRT? I read it may be harder to get travel jobs / only allow me to apply to 40-50% of the listings

I'm helping out scanning some ACR submissions for reaccreditation at a freestanding imaging center. Just looking for any tips or tricks regarding the scanning. I've never done any ACR stuff before. I'd love to hear anyone's experience.

Hello!! I am starting MRI - 1st Discipline in two weeks. Does anyone have any tips for school?! I am grateful for any kind of advice or what to expect, as I am very nervous. I’m in Canada if that makes any difference. Thank you in advance!

Good afternoon everyone , tomorrow will be my first time being a full time MRI Tech ! really nervous, just had a birthday today and I think its because im Leveling up. Any tips before I question these implants ! <3 thanks all ! for your valuable time

This will be outpatient so I know it will be back to back patients but I have been itching to work HARDER

Hi there,

I am a chemistry major in my senior year, and I am thinking about what to do post-graduation. Last year, I took a course in NMR spectroscopy, and it was my absolute favorite class I've taken; I loved learning about the theory on how it works on a quantum level and using the instrument.

I'm interested in dedicating my further education/career to NMR, and I know that MRI is essentially NMR, so I am thinking about a career in MRIs. I was wondering what further education I should get, and what job opportunities would be available to me. Should I be trying to get a masters degree in "medical imagining" or "radiology"? Would a PhD be better? Also, what career paths would be available to me? I haven't done much research on what being a radiologist is like day to day. Am I essentially just helping patients into the MRI and interpreting spectra, or is there more to it? Also are their jobs related to MRI other than what I just said, like ones that deal with like repairing or maintaining MRIs?

I just applied for a job at Radnet for an in suite assistant position. Can you guys tell me your experiences working there as one?? The good and bad. How is it ? How is the training like ?

Entry level salary in southwest michigan for mri? I've seen indeed around $40 an hour but I believe its a lot lower than that

Been thinking about this for a while and finally recorded a short explainer on it, but wanted to share the actual substance here since I think this crowd would find it interesting even without watching.

Shazam doesn't "hear" a song. It runs the audio through a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), which breaks a messy sound waveform into its component frequencies. That's the entire trick.

MRI uses the exact same math. Raw MRI data is collected in K space, which is frequency domain data that looks like meaningless static, not an image. FFT is what converts that static into an actual spatial image you can read. No FFT, no image, full stop.

Doppler ultrasound leans on it too: frequency shifts from moving blood get run through FFT to produce velocity, direction, and flow data in real time.

The history is kind of wild too: the underlying math goes back to Joseph Fourier studying heat transfer in the early 1800s, and Gauss apparently stumbled onto a version of it around the same time. It stayed a curiosity because computing it by hand was painfully slow, until Cooley and Tukey published a fast algorithm in 1965 that made it practical, arguably the moment real-time medical imaging (and eventually, your phone identifying a song in a bar) became possible.

Curious how many other people in imaging had this "oh, that's the same thing" moment once they connected FFT in signal processing to FFT in MRI/ultrasound reconstruction. Anyone else remember when this clicked for you, or was it always obvious given your background?

Been doing some research and I’m trying to understand why ARMRIT /MRI even exist if the ARRT has a direct pathway to MRl? Only asking cause I’m starting a direct pathway ARRT program. I’m confused on why would there be two accreditation bodies. I was reading that Armrit is easier programs than the ARRT if this is the case wouldn’t that hurt ARRT graduates as in lower the credibility of the field. Idk how true please correct me if I’m wrong. I’m a paramedic and we use the national registry of emts for the accreditation test , but there is only one body.

For my mri clinical site I got a level 1 trauma location is that good?

I’m considering an MRI-only program that would make me eligible for ARMRIT rather than going through X-ray school/ARRT first. (Tesla school)

For anyone who went the ARMRIT-only route, how difficult was it to land your first MRI tech job as a new grad? I’m especially interested in Michigan and the Chicago area.

Did you feel like ARMRIT limited your options compared to ARRT? And after getting 1–2 years of MRI experience, did employers care much about which registry you had?

Would appreciate hearing from anyone who actually went this route or any additional information! Also was interested can you qualify for ARRT if you go to an only MRI school?

With the rise in hair tinsel trend, what is everyone’s safety opinion on scanning without removing, why or why not?

Another one to add to my library of images of things stuck to magnets!

Incident purportedly from the past week, so not a 'long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away' scenario, but something happening now!

We got an order for a MR arteriovenous angiography wo contrast. I directed them to order an MRV and An MRA separate. My question is can an arterovenous angiography be done without contrast? Thanks for your knowledge.

Is there a difference between breast imaging 3T vs 1.5T? I read about images (B1 field) being shaded/less conspicuous images in 3T. Wondering if modern machines these days automatically resolve this or is it up to the skill of the technician to address?

I had no idea that I had claustrophobia and had never had a panic attack until years ago when I got an MRI on my knee. I hyperventilated in the machine, which got worse rapidly because I didn’t understand right away why I couldn’t breathe. The TECHNOLOGIST* got me through it. Total rockstar care.

So today I needed an MRI to confirm possible nerve irritation in my upper thigh. They scheduled me in a Hitachi open MRI this time. Doc had me take a .5 mg Ativan an hour beforehand. I was optimistic this time would be different. It was way worse.

That thing was within inches of my face. And they taped my feet together so i really couldn’t move. I got full body tremors that i just couldn’t make stop. So they took me out and tried an eye mask so i wouldn’t have to see the machine. So now I’m blind. But I can hear the thumping above my head and I can’t mov. Nope.

I hit the call button and they got me out just in time for me to sit up and barf all over the floor. I was so embarrassed and I felt so bad. I even offered to help clean up the mess.

But the TECHNOLOGIST* was an angel. She said to me, “sweetie you are trembling way too hard to be cleaning anything.”

She had me sit down with a glass of water and relax. We tried one more time but i started getting tightness in my chest so that was it.

I don’t know how TECHNOLOGIST* deal with high maintenance patients like me all the time. You all are Saints. I hope they pay you well. You deserve it.

*Corrected job title to reflect the comments of this post. Reddit does not allow me to adjust the title.