Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
370-08-063 ISMRM Abstract

Halbach Magnet Design and Optimization for a low-field Pre-clinical MR Scanner

Primary: Physics & Engineering - Low-Field MRI
Secondary: Physics & Engineering - Magnets (B0)
370-08-063 · Low Field MRI · Monday, 11 May, 4:10 PM–5:05 PM · Traditional Posters | Exhibition Hall
Keywords: Low-Field MRI Homogeneity Genetic algorithm Halbach Array MRI Magnet optimization
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Timon Machtelinckx 1, Nayebare Maureen2, Marina Fernández-García3,4, Ihssene Brahimi5, Guillermo Sahonero-Alvarez6,7,8, Sipan Hovsepian9, Mayinja W Bob10, David Rodriguez-Duarte11, Ali Akbarzadeh-Sharbaf12, Pedram Yazdanbakhsh12, Jennifer X Mifatu13, Kidist Kebede14, Maruf Adewole15,16, Raymond Confidence15,17,18, Johnes Obungoloch10, Haile B Kassahun19, Udunna Anazodo12,15,18, Stefan du Plessis1
1Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
2Biological and Biomedical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
3MRILab, Institute of Instrumentation for Molecular Imaging (i3M) CSIC-UPV, Valencia, Spain
4Consortium for Advancement of MRI Education and Research in Africa, Canada
5École de technologie supérieure, Montreal, Canada
6Institute for Biological and Biomedical Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
7Millennium Institute for Intelligent Healthcare Engineering - iHEALTH, Santiago, Chile
8Biomedical Imaging Center, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
9New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
10MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, MBARARA, Uganda
11Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy
12McGill University, Montreal, Canada
13Euracare Multi Specialist Hospital Accra, Ghana, Accra, Ghana
14Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
15Medical Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MAI Lab), Lagos, Nigeria
16Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States of America
17Department of Biomedical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
18Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Canada
19Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Presenting Author: Timon Machtelinckx

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