Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
469-01-014 MRI in Clinical Practice Abstract

MRI in Clinical Practice: Diagnosis & Management Insights from ultra-Low-Field Brain MRI in a Low-Resource Hospital in Malawi

Primary: Neuro
Secondary: Physics & Engineering - Low-Field MRI
469-01-014 · MRI in Africa: Advancing Neuroimaging Research, Capacity, and Equity in African Populations · Tuesday, 12 May, 8:20 AM–9:15 AM · Digital Posters Row J
Keywords: Brain Clinical application Ultra-Low-Field MRI Africa Low-Resource Settings
Accepted
Maclean Vokhiwa 1,2, Frederik Lange3, Karen Chetcuti4, Jessica Chikwana5, Saidon Banda6, Pip Torelli7, Derek K Jones8, Steven C Williams9, Sean Deoni10, Nicola Pitchford11, Lauren Cohee12, Kamija S Phiri6,13, Eric Umar13, Unity Consortium14
1Paediatrics, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi
2Neuroscience, Training and Research Unit of Excellence, Blantyre, Malawi
3Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, FMRIB Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
4Radiology Section, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, College of Medicine of Malawi, Malawi
5Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Zomba Central Hospital, Zomba, Malawi
6Training and Research Unit of Excellence, Blantyre, Malawi
7Hyperfine, Inc., Guilford, United States of America
8Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
9Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
10Maternal, Newborn, Child Nutrition and Health (MNCH) Discovery and Translational (D&T) Sciences Program, Gates Foundation, Seattle, United States of America
11International Centre for EdTech Impact, Stavanger, Norway
12Pediatrics and Child Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
13Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi
14Ultra low-field Neuroimaging In The Young (UNITY), United Kingdom
Presenting Author: Maclean Vokhiwa

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References

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