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MRI protocols built for your clinical needs.

Commissioning, sequence optimization and ongoing QA for radiation oncology and diagnostic MRI, guided by experienced medical physicists.

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Board-certified expertiseOn-site • Remote • Hybrid

From measurements to a practical QA plan.

See how we present geometric-distortion maps, summary measurements and proposed next steps for physicist review.

Illustrative phantom-only report. Preliminary findings; a separate anonymized example from the UCLA study below.

Expertise for the way you use MRI.

Start with a focused question or build continuing support around your existing vendor and physics coverage.

MRI for radiotherapy

  • MRI simulation and the MRI components of MR-linac commissioning
  • Geometric-distortion assessment and SRS sequence optimization
  • Phantom baselines and continuing MRI QA review

MRI for radiology

  • MRI performance testing and protocol assessment
  • Customized pulse-sequence and image-quality optimization
  • QA workflows and continuing physicist support

MRI physics consulting is available separately from software programs in development.

Choose your first MRI project.

Begin with a clearly scoped paid project for your scanner and clinical application. We agree the deliverables and fee with you before work begins.

MRI commissioning & baselines

For a new MRI service, system upgrade or new clinical application. Receive an agreed testing plan, documented performance baselines, a QA workflow and a review meeting. MR-linac work focuses on the MRI components.

Focused sequence optimization

Evaluate selected sequences for one clinical question. Receive phantom measurements, a comparison of image quality and spatial fidelity, practical protocol recommendations and a repeat-testing plan.

Ongoing MRI QA support

Build continuing support around your existing vendor and physics coverage. Scope can include QA trend reports, protocol-change reviews, staff guidance and reassessment after upgrades.

How we work together

Define the question, measure performance, review the findings together and verify agreed changes. On-site, remote and hybrid support is tailored to your team.

Your clinical team retains protocol approval and patient-care decisions.

MRIQA RadOnc Phantom QA

Our first product • In validation

A tool supporting site-specific MRI assessment and consulting, using GHead and ACR phantom measurements analyzed in SpinTecx software.

GHead

Characterize geometric distortion using a controlled head-shaped lattice and air-cavity interfaces.

ACR

Assess scanner image quality and evaluate your clinical sequences on a standard phantom.

MRIQA RadOnc

Bring measurements, maps and comparisons into reports with practical recommendations for qualified physicist review.

Scanning instructions, analysis and physicist review are tailored to the scanner, coils, sequences and setup, with scope and delivery agreed with your team.

GHead phantom

Preliminary UCLA phantom evaluation

Siemens MAGNETOM Sola 1.5 T • 3D MPRAGE test protocol • 8 October 2026

GHead displacement, 95th percentile

Vendor 3D correction OFF

1.24 mm

Vendor 3D correction ON

0.50 mm

Same-session comparison across 9,789 sampled lattice points, measured against phantom design geometry. Our software measures the effect of the scanner's correction setting.

Preliminary research analysis: one scanner and session, with final physicist review pending. Not clinical acceptance or a validated product-performance claim.

Separate anonymized example; preliminary results.

Research & Future Development

MRIQA RadOnc Clinical QA

Research Only

A research application evaluating volunteer image quality and field-map-derived B0 displacement estimates to investigate sequence tradeoffs alongside the phantom baseline. Research use only. Not for diagnosis or treatment-planning decisions.

MRIQA Radiology

In Development

Physics-guided quality assessment and protocol optimization for diagnostic MRI, tailored to the scanner, coils and imaging task.

MRI physics consulting is available separately.

See our preliminary validation findings, submitted abstracts and recent presentations.

Tell us what your MRI program needs.

Share your institution, scanner and clinical question through our short project inquiry form. We can arrange an introductory call to discuss scope and next steps. Please do not include patient information or confidential data.

Ali Fatemi, PhD, MCCPM, DABMP (MR in RT)

Founder & Chief Clinical Medical Physicist

Clinical medical physicist, entrepreneur and educator focused on MRI quality, geometric accuracy and radiotherapy imaging.

Texas Medical Physicist License FMP02000453 — Therapeutic Radiological Physics

California Therapeutic Calibration Physicist Authorization TCP-00521

Email: afatemi@spintecx.com
Phone: (601) 345-0135

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