469-01-010 ISMRM Abstract

Report on a 2-week low-field MRI build in Cape Town, South Africa

Primary: Physics & Engineering - Low-Field MRI

Secondary: Physics & Engineering - System Imperfections

469-01-010 · 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: Low-Field MRI Halbach Accessible MRI Open-source hardware

Accepted

Stephen Jermy ^1,2,3, Chris-Jasper Jooste^1,2, Frances C Robertson^1,2,3, Kian Frassek², Liam Truter², Bonga Njamela⁴, David R Roth^5,6, Queto Jenkins², Mark Blumenthal^5,6, Andy Buffler^5,6, James Keaveney^6,7, Tom Leadbeater^5,6, Sampath Jayalath⁴, Gideon Wiid⁴, Andrew Wilkinson⁴, Kirsten A Donald^1,8, Graham Fieggen^1,9, Sally Rothemeyer^1,9, Leon Janse van Rensburg¹⁰, Christoph Trauernicht¹¹, Andre J van der Kouwe^2,12,13, Teresa Guallart Naval¹⁴, Joseba Alonso¹⁴, Andrew Webb¹⁵, Ernesta Meintjes^1,2,3

¹Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

²Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

³Cape Universities Body Imaging Centre (CUBIC), University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

⁴Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

⁵MeASURe, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

⁶Department of Physics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

⁷UCT-CERN Research Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

⁸Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

⁹Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

¹⁰Department of Medical Imaging and Clinical Oncology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

¹¹Department of Medical Physics, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

¹²Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, United States of America

¹³Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States of America

¹⁴Institute of Instrumentation for Molecular Imaging (i3M) CSIC-UPV, Valencia, Spain

¹⁵Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands

Presenting Author: Stephen Jermy

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References

1. Murali, S., Ding, H., et al. (2023). Bringing MRI to low- and middle-income countries: Directions, challenges and potential solutions. NMR in Biomedicine. https://doi.org/10.1002/nbm.4992 [doi]

2. Open Source Imaging Initiative (OSI2) · GitLab [Internet]. 2025 [cited 2025 Oct 21]. Available from: https://gitlab.com/osii

3. Negnevitsky, V., Vives-Gilabert, Y., et al. (2023). MaRCoS, an open-source electronic control system for low-field MRI. Journal of Magnetic Resonance 2023 350, 107424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2023.107424 [doi]

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