Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
368-06-012 ISMRM Abstract

Open Source Gradient System for the OSI2 MRI Scanner

Primary: Physics & Engineering - Gradients
Secondary: Physics & Engineering - Low-Field MRI
368-06-012 · Novel Gradients · Monday, 11 May, 5:05 PM–6:00 PM · Digital Posters Row I
Keywords: Gradients Open-Source Open Science Open-source hardware Low field
Accepted
Sebastian Littin 1, Feng Jia1, Shadi Tashakori1, Andreas Holl1, David Schote2, Mojtaba Shafiekhani1, Helge Herthum3,4, Baki Karaböce5, Oguzhan KIZILBEY5, Philipp Amrein1,6, Johannes Fischer1, Lukas Winter7,8, Maxim Zaitsev1
1University Medical Center Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
2Biomedical Magnetic Resonance, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Braunschweig and Berlin, Berlin, Germany
3Berlin Center for Advanced Neuroimaging, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
4Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
5TÜBİTAK UME, Metrology Laboratory, Medical Metrology, TÜBİTAK, TURKEY, Gebze, Turkey
6Neoscan Solutions GmbH, Magdeburg, Germany
7Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Braunschweig and Berlin, Berlin, Germany
8Open Source Imaging Initiative (OSI²) e.V., Berlin, Germany
Presenting Author: Sebastian Littin

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