469-01-011 ISMRM Abstract

Building MRI Capacity Through Open-Source Hardware and Hands-On Training: The IMAGINE Summer School

Primary: Transferable Skills

Secondary: Physics & Engineering - Low-Field MRI

469-01-011 · 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: Africa Low-Resource Settings MRI Education Train-the-trainer Preclinical Imaging

Accepted

Marina Fernández-García ^1,2, Haile B Kassahun³, Nayebare Maureen⁴, Guillermo Sahonero-Alvarez^5,6,7, Sipan Hovsepian⁸, Timon Machtelinckx, Ihssene Brahimi⁹, Pedram Yazdanbakhsh³, Ali Akbarzadeh-Sharbaf³, Raymond Confidence^10,11,12, Maruf Adewole^10,13, Osama Abdullah^8,14, Johnes Obungoloch¹⁵, Stefan du Plessis¹⁶, Udunna Anazodo^2,3,10,12

¹Institute for Molecular Imaging and Instrumentation (i3M), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas & Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

²Consortium for Advancement of MRI Education and Research in Africa, Canada

³McGill University, Montreal, Canada

⁴Biological and Biomedical Engineering, McGill University (MIND LAB), Montreal, Canada

⁵Institute for Biological and Biomedical Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

⁶Biomedical Imaging Center, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

⁷Millennium Institute for Intelligent Healthcare Engineering - iHEALTH, Santiago, Chile

⁸New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

⁹École de technologie supérieure, Montreal, Canada

¹⁰Medical Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MAI Lab), Lagos, Nigeria

¹¹Department of Biomedical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

¹²Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Canada

¹³Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States of America

¹⁴Center for Brain and Health, NYU Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

¹⁵MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, MBARARA, Uganda

¹⁶Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Presenting Author: Marina Fernández-García

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