Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition - Emerging Devices, Novel Capabilities

Emerging Devices, Novel Capabilities

Power Pitch

Physics & Engineering

Monday, 11 May 2026

Power Pitch Theatre 1

08:20 - 09:56

Moderators: Charlotte Sappo & Sebastian Littin

Session Number: 351-01

No CME/CE Credit

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This session showcases a diverse array of novel devices that expands the capabilities of various MRI platforms.

08:20		351-01-001. Multiple-Input Multiple-Output capabilities for the open-source and low-cost MaRCoS console Luiz Guilherme Santos, José Algarín, Aaron Purchase, Vlad Negnevitsky, Jose Borreguero, Eduardo Pallás, Joseba Alonso Institute for Molecular Imaging and Instrumentation (i3M), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas & Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain Impact: The Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) extension enables scalable multichannel MRI within MaRCoS, supporting advanced imaging and noise-reduction strategies for low-field systems.
08:22		351-01-002. Mutual MRI–Microcontroller characterizations and shield-free noise mitigation methods. Jean-Lynce Gnanago, Jonas Moosbrugger, Onisim Soanca, Rostyslav Samonov, Michael Hofbauer, Roberta Frass-Kriegl Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria Impact: This work provides characterizations and shield-free mitigation methods of the MR noise induced by the most commonly used functions of a microcontroller operating at the isocenter of the MR scanner which is necessary to preserve SNR in certain applications.
08:24		351-01-003. A flexible hardware-based fully programmable mode-mixing matrix for channel compression applications Carlotta Ianniello, Ryan Brown Bernard and Irene Schwartz Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America Impact: This proof-of-concept 2-channel programmable hardware compression system demonstrates independent amplitude and phase control, potentially enabling flexible coil array designs exceeding scanner receiver limits and adaptable to diverse body sizes and clinical applications without hardware redesign.
08:26		351-01-004. An open-source FPGA-based 64-channel arbitrary waveform generator and control system with integrated shim current drivers Lincoln Craven-Brightman, Donald Straney, Monika Sliwiak, H. Fatih Ugurdag, Thomas Witzel, Kutay Bulun, Daniel Brightman, Daniel Abraham, Kawin Setsompop, Berkin Bilgic, Lawrence Wald, Bastien Guerin, Jason Stockmann Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, United States of America Impact: We describe an open-source arbitrary waveform control system, which will remove barriers for investigators interested in MRI research involving arrays of multi-coil arrays for B0 shimming, spatial encoding, and other emerging applications.
08:28		351-01-005. Initial Results on the Development of Adjustable Metasurface to Enhance B1+ at 5T MRI Xinchen Zhu, Qi Liu, Zhihua Ren ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China Impact: This adaptive metasurface system enables patient-specific and adaptive $\boldsymbol{B}_{1}^{+}$ field optimization across diverse anatomies and imaging protocols at ultra-high field (5T), laying the foundation for future multi-element $\boldsymbol{B}_{1}^{+}$ field homogenization.
08:30		351-01-006. A PC-Free Spin Echo Generator using Digital timing and Analog circuits Helina Wilson, Sai Abitha Srinivas, Jason Stockmann, Lawrence Wald, William Grissom Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, United States of America Impact: This affordable, battery-powered Spin Echo Generator Board enables interactive, hands-on MR education and quality checks without a computer. It aids students, educators, and researchers to explore spin echo physics and perform quality assurance.
08:32		351-01-007. High-Res Wireless Quadrature Digitizer for MRI Radar Prototyping Finley Desai, fraser robb, Miti Shah, Shreyas Vasanawala, John Pauly, Greig Scott Stanford University, Stanford, United States of America Impact: A radar motion sensing interface that operates independently of the MRI receiver signal chain and allows frequencies optimized to sense cardiac and respiratory motion, would enable non-contact cardio-pulmonary gating for simplified patient handling, especially for pediatric populations.
08:34		351-01-008. A 7T Ultra–High-Field MRI-Compatible Gaze-Controlled Virtual Reality System for fMRI and Patient Comfort Kun Qian, Lixuan Zhu, Philippa Bridgen, Shaihan Malik, Tomoki Arichi, Jo Hajnal King's College London, London, United Kingdom Impact: This work benefits neuroscientists and clinicians by enabling eye-tracking and gaze-controlled VR in 7T MRI. It can improve patient comfort at ultra-high field and opens opportunities for future gaze-based fMRI studies, including more naturalistic and engaging experimental paradigms.
08:36		351-01-009. B1+ Assessment of a Neck Labeling Coil with On-Coil Amplification for Continuous Arterial Spin Labeling at 7T Gael Saib, S. Lalith Talagala, Alan Koretsky, Natalia Gudino National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, United States of America Impact: Integrating on-coil current source switch-mode amplification into a separate labeling coil should enable robust transmit B₁⁺distribution in the neck and improved control through direct current monitoring, offering a more efficient hardware implementation for continuous arterial spin labeling at 7T
08:38		351-01-010. Split, Compact, Elliptical-Toroidal Cable Traps Jana Vincent, Victor Taracila, David Anderson, Robert Stormont, fraser robb GE HealthCare MR Coils, Aurora, United States of America Impact: This work introduces a split-toroid design that enhances MRI safety and coil performance by reducing flip-angle distortion, improving thermal stability, and achieving high impedance in a compact form, outperforming commercial floating cable traps for greater reliability and patient safety.
08:40		351-01-011. Mapping the Eddy Current Footprint in a Novel Compact 7T Head-Only MRI System. Nastaren Abad, Yihe Hua, Seung-Kyun Lee, Eric Fiveland, Eric Budesheim, Justin Ricci, Anbo Wu, Minfeng Xu, Vijay Soni, Desmond Yeo, Yunhong Shu, Duan Xu, Thomas Foo GE HealthCare Technology and Innovation Center, Niskayuna, United States of America Impact: This work marks a milestone in the development of compact, sealed low-cryogen, ultra-high-field MRI, through multimodal eddy-current characterization. Though specific to the prototype, our findings lay foundational groundwork for management of factors that degrade image quality, especially for high-performance MRI.
08:42		351-01-012. Layers, sectors and loops: Subject-robust B0 shim array design with reduced channel count Theodore Brierre, Ishaan Govindarajan, Jason Stockmann, Bastien Guerin Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, United States of America Impact: Combining layers, sectors and small loop shim elements yields excellent global and dynamic B₀ shimming performance close to that of high channel count shim arrays with only a fraction of the number of channels, which reduces cost and complexity.
08:44		351-01-013. Noise Analysis of dc-dc Power Converters: Towards MR-Compatible Switched-Mode Power Supplies Heather Chang, Katherine Liang, Hong En Chew, Zhechi Ye, Daniel Abraham, Eric Stolt, Ivan Qin, Kawin Setsompop, Juan Rivas Stanford University, Stanford, United States of America Impact: This study develops a systematic approach to designing MR-compatible switched-mode power converters, enabling significant power delivery near the scanner bore for novel MR instrumentation. This work can lead to greater energy efficiency and reduced system costs.
08:46		351-01-014. Novel Magnetic Particle Imaging Based on Walsh-Hadamar Matrix Coding HanLin Chen, Haobo Wang, Congcong Liu, Xingyang Wu, Yihang Zhou, Dong Liang, Shengping Liu, Haifeng Wang Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing, China Impact: This study effectively enables high-precision MPI 3D reconstruction with stable spatial resolution, further lays a solid technical foundation for subsequent MPI-CT multimodal integration, and in turn aids clinical SPION-based targeted imaging—particularly in key scenarios like tumor detection and localization.
08:48		351-01-015. Zoom EPI using spatially-selective excitation via tailored B-fields generated by a TMS coil for causal brain mapping Jason Stockmann, Berkin Bilgic, Jon-Fredrik Nielsen, Anna Blazejewska, Lucia Navarro de Lara, Mohammad Daneshzand, Susie Huang, Aapo Nummenmaa Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States of America Impact: MR-compatible TMS coils can be used to reduce the FOV by exciting the part of the targeted brain area only. This may be beneficial in mapping of the TMS-induced brain activations more accurately by reducing EPI distortions without g-factor penalty.
08:50		351-01-016. Advancing Concurrent TMS-fMRI: A Multi-Channel Active Shim Coil Array for Enhanced B0 Field Homogeneity Yu Cheng, Ziyu Liu, Yihan Yang, Aihong Yu, Jason Stockmann, Zhihua Ren ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China Impact: This multi-target active shimming system significantly improves $\mathbf{B_0}$ field homogeneity in TMS-stimulated brain regions, greatly improving the image quality of simultaneous TMS-fMRI and supporting high-precision interventional studies of brain network dynamics.
08:52		351-01-017. Non-invasive mapping of ultrasound wavefronts using radiofrequency magnetic resonance hydrophone (RF-MRH) Theodore Brierre, Jason Stockmann, Bastien Guerin Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, United States of America Impact: RF-MRH allows mapping ultrasound wavefronts in vivo using the amplitude of the MRI signal, thus yielding robust monitoring of tFUS dose delivery for neuromodulation and blood-brain barrier opening.
08:54		351-01-018. Low-Cost Open-Source Wireless ECG System for Diagnostic 12-Lead Reconstruction at 0.55 T Félix Muñoz, Muzhe Chen, Ye Tian, Krishna Nayak, Yasser Khan University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States of America Impact: A low-cost (<$180), wireless ECG system built from Arduino-compatible, easy-to-manufacture hardware achieves high-fidelity 12-lead synthesis inside a 0.55 T MRI. This open-source design enables accessible, diagnostic-quality cardiac monitoring without complex or proprietary MR-compatible systems.