Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
131-01-030 ISMRT Abstract

Scan with Me (SWiM): Strengthening MRI Capacity in LMICs with Advanced Neuroimaging, Low-Field MRI, Pulseq, and Open Science

131-01-030 · Lunch, Exhibition & Poster Tour · Saturday, 9 May, 12:30 PM–2:00 PM · Roof Terrace
Keywords: Neuroimaging Education Low-Resource Settings Pulseq Open Science
Accepted
Montalba Cristian 1,2,3, Harrison O Aduluwa4,5,6, Abdul Nashirudeen Mumuni7, Marina Fernández-García8,9, Francis Botwe10, Oluwateniola Akinwale11, Sekinat M Zurakat-Aderibigbe 12,13,14, Jackline W Thairu15, Maruf Adewole16,17, Surendra Maharjan18, Karabo Mokoena19, Alexander Alfaro20, Gonzalo Flores21, Jennifer X Mifatu22, Tchoyoson Lim23, Abderrazek Zeraii24, Fatade Abiodun4, Farouk O Dako16,17,25, Udunna Anazodo9,16,26,27
1Biomedical Imaging Center, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
2Radiology Department, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
3Instituto Milenio Intelligent Healthcare Engineering, Santiago, Chile
4Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Crestview Radiology Ltd., Lagos, Nigeria
5Integrated Program in Neurosciences, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
6Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
7University for Development studies, Tamale, Ghana
8MRILab, Institute of Instrumentation for Molecular Imaging (i3M) CSIC-UPV, Valencia, Spain
9Consortium for Advancement of MRI Education and Research in Africa, Canada
10University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
11Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States of America
12College Of Medicine University of Lagos, Nigeria
13Radiography, College Of Medicine University of Lagos, Nigeria
14Radiography, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
15Radiology, Sonar Imaging Center, Nairobi, Kenya
16Medical Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MAI Lab), Lagos, Nigeria
17Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States of America
18Brain Health Imaging Institute, Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, United States of America
19Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa
20Hospital Clínica Bíblica, San Jose, Costa Rica
21Hospital Nacional Rosales, San Salvador, El Salvador
22Euracare Multi Specialist Hospital Accra, Ghana, Accra, Ghana
23National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore, Singapore
24Higher Institute of Medical Technologies of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
25University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States of America
26McGill University, Montreal, Canada
27Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Canada
Presenting Author: Montalba Cristian

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2. Murali S, Ding H, Adedeji F, Qin C, Obungoloch J, Asllani I, Anazodo U, Ntusi NA, Mammen R, Niendorf T, Adeleke S. Bringing MRI to low‐and middle‐income countries: Directions, challenges and potential solutions. NMR in Biomedicine. 2023 Jul 4:e4992.
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