Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
469-02-006 ISMRM Abstract

A low-field MRI toolkit for hands-on MRI education: A pilot implementation at the 2025 ESMRMB Workshop.

Primary: Physics & Engineering - Low-Field MRI
Secondary: Physics & Engineering - Magnets (B0)
469-02-006 · Low Field Applications and Systems · Tuesday, 12 May, 9:15 AM–10:10 AM · Digital Posters Row J
Keywords: Low-Field MRI MRI Education MRI Engineering Halbach Array Magnet
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Nayebare Maureen 1, Marina Fernández-García2,3, Guillermo Sahonero-Alvarez4,5,6, Sipan Hovsepian7, Beatrice Lena8,9, Timon Machtelinckx, Mayinja W Bob10, Noha Magdy Zayed11, Mohannad Barakat11, Ali Akbarzadeh-Sharbaf12, Pedram Yazdanbakhsh12, Christophe Vilmen13,14, Joseba Alonso2,15,16,17,18, Andrew Webb19, Osama Abdullah20, Johnes Obungoloch10, Haile B Kassahun12, Stefan du Plessis21, Udunna Anazodo12,22,23
1Biological and Biomedical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
2Institute for Molecular Imaging and Instrumentation (i3M), Valencia, Spain
3Consortium for Advancement of MRI Education and Research in Africa, Canada
4Institute for Biological and Biomedical Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
5Biomedical Imaging Center, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
6Millennium Institute for Intelligent Healthcare Engineering - iHEALTH, Santiago, Chile
7New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
8Leiden UMC, Leiden, Netherlands
9C.J. Gorter MRI Center, Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands
10MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, MBARARA, Uganda
11FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
12McGill University, Montreal, Canada
13Centre de Résonance Magnétique Biologique et Médicale, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
14Centre de Résonance Magnétique Biologique et Médicale, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, Marseille, France
15Spanish National Research Council (CSIC, Q2818002D), Spain
16Spanish National Research Council, Valencia, Spain
17Institute of Instrumentation for Molecular Imaging (i3M) CSIC-UPV, Valencia, Spain
18Institute for Molecular Imaging and Instrumentation (i3M), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas & Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain
19Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
20Center for Brain and Health, NYU Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
21Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
22Medical Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MAI Lab), Lagos, Nigeria
23Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Canada
Presenting Author: Nayebare Maureen

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