368-04-014 ISMRM Abstract

Modular Low-Cost 3D Magnetic Field Mapper Robot

Primary: Physics & Engineering - Low-Field MRI

Secondary: Physics & Engineering - Magnets (B0)

368-04-014 · Novel MRI Hardware · Monday, 11 May, 2:45 PM–3:40 PM · Digital Posters Row I

Keywords: Open-source hardware Low field mri Low cost design Robotic field mapping MRI Engineering

Accepted

Sipan Hovsepian¹, Nayebare Maureen², David Rodriguez-Duarte³, Guillermo Sahonero-Alvarez^4,5,6, Timon Machtelinckx ⁷, Ihssene Brahimi⁸, Mayinja W Bob⁹, Jennifer X Mifatu¹⁰, Kidist Kebede¹¹, Maruf Adewole^12,13, Raymond Confidence^12,14,15, Marina Fernández-García^16,17, Johnes Obungoloch^9,18, Haile B Kassahun¹⁹, Stefan du Plessis⁷, Udunna Anazodo^12,15,17,20, Osama Abdullah²¹

¹New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

²Biological and Biomedical Engineering, McGill University (MIND LAB), Montreal, Canada

³Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy

⁴Institute for Biological and Biomedical Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

⁵Biomedical Imaging Center, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

⁶Millennium Institute for Intelligent Healthcare Engineering - iHEALTH, Santiago, Chile

⁷Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

⁸École de technologie supérieure, Montreal, Canada

⁹MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, MBARARA, Uganda

¹⁰Euracare Multi Specialist Hospital Accra, Ghana, Accra, Ghana

¹¹Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

¹²Medical Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MAI Lab), Lagos, Nigeria

¹³Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States of America

¹⁴Department of Biomedical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

¹⁵Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Canada

¹⁶MRILab, Institute for Molecular Imaging and Instrumentation (i3M), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas & Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

¹⁷Consortium for Advancement of MRI Education and Research in Africa, Canada

¹⁸Dept of Biomedical Engineering, MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, MBARARA, Uganda

¹⁹Montreal Institute of Technology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

²⁰McGill University, Montreal, Canada

²¹Center for Brain and Health, NYU Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Presenting Author: Timon Machtelinckx

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