Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
567-02-004 ISMRM Abstract

Live PyPulseq Client to the Remote Sequence Streaming Interface

Primary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - Open source software, sequences, and reconstruction algorithms
Secondary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - Pulse Sequence Design and Spatial Encoding Methods
567-02-004 · Open-Source Software, Sequences, and Reconstruction Algorithms · Wednesday, 13 May, 9:15 AM–10:10 AM · Digital Posters Row H
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Mojtaba Shafiekhani 1, Thomas Kluge2, Christoph Forman2, Patrick Hucker1, Rainer Schneider2, Maxim Zaitsev1
1Division of Medical Physics, Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
2Magnetic Resonance, Siemens Healthineers AG, Erlangen, Germany
Presenting Author: Mojtaba Shafiekhani

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