Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
271-01-034 / 506-01-002 ISMRM Abstract

Battery-Powered Portable MRI For Low-Resource Settings

Primary: Physics & Engineering - Low-Field MRI
Secondary: Physics & Engineering - System Imperfections
271-01-034 · ISMRM AMPC Selected Posters · Sunday, 10 May, 7:00 AM–2:00 PM · Traditional Posters
506-01-002 · Low Field MRI Hardware · Wednesday, 13 May, 8:20 AM–10:10 AM · Auditorium 2
Keywords: Low-Resource Settings Signal-to-noise-ratio Low field mri Power grid instabilities Battery backup system
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Mary A Nassejje 1,2, Luiz Guilherme C Santos1, Marina Fernández-García1,3, Teresa Guallart Naval1, José M Algarín1, Patricia Tusiime2, Johnes Obungoloch2, Asiimwe Robert2, Joseba Alonso1
1Institute for Molecular Imaging and Instrumentation (i3M), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas & Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain
2Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Mbarara, Uganda
3Consortium for Advancement of MRI Education and Research in Africa, Canada
Presenting Author: Mary A Nassejje

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References

1. Kwikima, U., 2024. Looking towards the future of MRI in Africa. Nat Commun, 15, p.2260.
2. T. Guallart-Naval and J. Alonso, “Electromagnetic Noise Characterization and Suppression in Low-Field MRI Systems,” Jul. 2025, [Online]. Available: http://arxiv.org/abs/2507.20413
3. A. Webb and T. O’Reilly, “Tackling SNR at low-field: a review of hardware approaches for point-of-care systems,” Jul. 01, 2023, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. doi: 10.1007/s10334-023-01100-3. [doi]
4. F. Galve et al., “Elliptical Halbach magnet and gradient modules for low-field portable magnetic resonance imaging,” NMR Biomed, vol. 37, no. 12, Dec. 2024, doi: 10.1002/nbm.5258. [doi]

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