506-01-008 ISMRM Abstract

Open-Source Modular System Control Unit for Low-Field MRI: Enabling Community-Driven Hardware Integration

Primary: Physics & Engineering - Low-Field MRI

Secondary: Physics & Engineering - New Devices

506-01-008 · Low Field MRI Hardware · Wednesday, 13 May, 8:20 AM–10:10 AM · Auditorium 2

Keywords: Low-Field MRI Ultra-Low-Field MRI Portable MRI Open-source hardware

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Jan Gregor Frintz ¹, Christian Meumann¹, David Schote¹, Helge Herthum², Tobias Mohr¹, Ilia Kulikov¹, Lukas Winter^1,3

¹Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Braunschweig and Berlin, Berlin, Germany

²Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

³Open Source Imaging Initiative (OSI²) e.V., Berlin, Germany

Presenting Author: Jan Gregor Frintz

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4. Guallart-Naval, Teresa, and Joseba Alonso. "Electromagnetic Noise Characterization and Suppression in Low-Field MRI Systems." arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.20413 (2025).

5. OSI2One MRI-Scanner, V2.1. GitLab repository. 2025. https://gitlab.com/osii/mri-scanners/osii-one/-/tree/rc/2.1. Accessed: 26 Oct 2025

6. Schote D, Silemek B, O'Reilly T, et al. Nexus: A versatile console for advanced low-field MRI. Magn Reson Med. 2025; 93(5): 2224-2238. doi: 10.1002/mrm.30406 [doi]

7. System Control Unit. GitLab repository. 2025. https://gitlab.com/osii/power-management-and-supervision/system-control-unit. Accessed: 26 Oct 2025.

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