Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition • 09-14 May 2026

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Open-Source Software, Sequences, and Reconstruction Algorithms

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Open-Source Software, Sequences, and Reconstruction Algorithms
Digital Poster
Acquisition & Reconstruction
Wednesday, 13 May 2026
Digital Posters Row H
09:15 - 10:10
Session Number: 567-02
No CME/CE Credit
This session focuses on Open Source Software, Sequences, and Reconstruction Algorithms

  Figure 567-02-001.  Development and Validation of Gradient Impulse Response Function Measurements on an Open-Source Platform
James Wang, Onur Erbil, Hannes Dillinger, Sebastian Schmitter, Oliver Wieben, Ali Pirasteh, Alan McMillan
University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, United States of America
Impact: This work provides a vendor-agnostic way of implementing multiple GIRF acquisitions through an open-source pulse programming platform. This framework also includes a radial sequence that was tested against a vendor-based version for exploration of an optimal GIRF-based reconstruction.
  Figure 567-02-002.  Open Source Tool for Measurement and Calculation of the Gradient Impulse Response Function
James Bacon, Peter Jezzard, William Clarke
Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, FMRIB, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Impact: An easy to use, open-source tool enables Gradient Impulse Response Function (GIRF) measurement and calculation up to third- order spherical harmonics for advanced system characterisation and correction, without the need for additional field camera hardware.
  Figure 567-02-003.  Enabling MR Application Development in Python with the Remote Sequence Interface for Open Innovation
Thomas Kluge, Christoph Forman
Digital Innovation Hub, Magnetic Resonance, Siemens Healthineers AG, Erlangen, Germany
Impact: MR applications can be programmed purely in Python and can be seamlessly integrated into an MR exam.
The connection of the work of the Python community to an MR examination boosts the productivity of MR application developers.
  Figure 567-02-004.  Live PyPulseq Client to the Remote Sequence Streaming Interface
Mojtaba Shafiekhani, Thomas Kluge, Christoph Forman, Patrick Hucker, Rainer Schneider, Maxim Zaitsev
University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Impact: Previous Pulseq interpreters were implemented in scanner-version specific environments and were limited to replaying pre-calculated Pulseq text files. Here, we present an implementation that demonstrates the feasibility of scanner interaction with a live PyPulseq module and sequence streaming over network.
  Figure 567-02-005.  Remote Control of Portable Low-Field MRI by Cloud-Native Acquisition Platform
David Schote, Johannes Behrens, Christoph Kolbitsch, Lukas Winter, Christoph Dinh
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Braunschweig and Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Impact: ScanHub provides an open, cloud-native platform for scanner control, reconstruction workflow orchestration, and visualization of MRI data, enabling efficient remote operation of point-of-care low-field systems, reducing infrastructure demands, and fostering accessible, interoperable, and collaborative imaging.
  Figure 567-02-006.  Enhancing Off-Center MRI in Pulseq: Combined FOV Positioning and Gradient Delay Compensation
Mojtaba Shafiekhani, Maxim Zaitsev
University Medical Center Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Germany
Impact: This work enables accurate, artifact-free off-center MRI by combining phase-counter based FOV positioning with gradient delay correction. This vendor-neutral method improves image quality across sequences and platforms, allowing for broader application in research and clinical imaging without requiring hardware modifications.
  Figure 567-02-007.  Double Angle Method with EPI Readout for Quality Assessment of Low Flip Angle pTx Pulses at UHF
Tim Haigis, Klaus Scheffler, Dario Bosch
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany
Impact: The use of a double angle method with EPI readout enables direct mapping of the local transmit field produced by pTx spokes pulses. This facilitates pulse and sequence development and quality assessment and closes the gap between simulation and reality.
  Figure 567-02-008.  A Vendor-Agnostic Pulseq Implementation of MR-STAT for fast, high resolution quantitative MRI
Oscar van der Heide, Edwin Versteeg, Joost Kuijer, Martin Schilder, Christoph Kolbitsch, Vera Keil, Cornelis van den Berg, Alessandro Sbrizzi
University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Impact: In the spirit of open-source and reproducible research, we present a vendor-agnostic 3D MR-STAT implementation using Pulseq, enabling standardized, rapid quantitative MRI across different scanner platforms. This promotes reproducibility in multi-center studies and accelerates the clinical translation of quantitative imaging.
  Figure 567-02-009.  Initial Tests of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting at 5T on a Whole-Body MRI Scanner Using Pulseq
Maximilian Gram, Zhibo Zhu, Tom Griesler, Sydney Kaplan, Peter Jakob, Peter Nordbeck, Nicole Seiberlich, Peter Martin, Qi Liu
University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
Impact: This study demonstrates the first implementation of cardiac Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting at 5T using Open-Source Pulseq sequences. The results establish 5T as a promising field strength for quantitative cardiac MRI, enabling reproducible high-resolution mapping with improved B1+ robustness.
  Figure 567-02-010.  An Open-source Accelerated Free Breathing Cardiac Diffusion PROPELLER EPI Sequence with Rotating Single-Shot Acquisitions
Eric Arbes, Simon Reiss, Kian Tadjalli Mehr, Ariel Hannum, Johannes Fischer, Michael Bock
University Medical Center Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Impact: This work demonstrates that RoSa based diffusion imaging accelerations can be applied to cardiac DTI, which allows for making use of the advantages of PROPELLER EPI acquisitions without the associated imaging time drawbacks.
  Figure 567-02-011.  Open-Source Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Encephalography for fMRI at High Temporal Resolutions
Antonia Barghoorn, Fei Wang, Jürgen Hennig, Maxim Zaitsev
University Medical Center Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Impact: 
Diffusion‐weighted MREG at TR=250 ms demonstrates sufficient SNR to detect functional activation in the visual cortex even with moderate diffusion weighting. DW-MREG is a promising first step to explore how physiological processes influence diffusion changes in the brain.
  Figure 567-02-012.  Design of a self-sufficient vendor independent Infield Autotune System
Tobias Haase b. Lobmeyer, Fabian Bschorr, Julian Schüle, Volker Rasche
Ulm University, Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
Impact: The developed booster coil (BC) autotune system allows for fully automated tuning and as such SNR optimization of the BC to compensate for different loads, especially for small samples. Its broad-band capabilities allow application at different field strength and nuclei.
  Figure 567-02-013.  Highly-Efficient RF Pulse Design via Compiler-Level Reverse-Mode Automatic Differentiation of GPU-Accelerated MRI Simulations
Kareem Fareed, Charles McGrath, Jakub Mitura, Daniel Ennis, Carlos Castillo-Passi
Stanford University, Stanford, United States of America
Impact: Compiler-Level Reverse-Mode GPU-accelerated automatic differentiation enables inline subject-specific RF pulse design in less than 5 seconds.
  Figure 567-02-014.  Single‑Shot Radial EPI with Parallel Imaging: towards Distortion‑Free fMRI and Per‑Repetition B0 Mapping
Dario Bosch, Simon Weinmüller, Felix Glang
University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
Impact: Single-shot radial EPI delivers distortion-free EPI, higher tSNR, and per-repetition B0 mapping from a single excitation. It enables respiration-tracked field monitoring and robust image quality without geometric warping, offering a practical path to new fMRI applications.
  Figure 567-02-015.  Comparison of SpectroView, jMRUI, and pyAMARES+CSIgui for Cardiac ³¹P-MRS Quantification and Reproducibility
Tao Liu, Dandan Zheng, jianxiu lian, Liangjie Lin, Baiyan Jiang, Zhiwei Shen, xiaoxiao zhang
Philips Healthcare (Beijing), Beijing, China
Impact: This study compares vendor-supplied and open-source cardiac ³¹P-MRS quantification software, revealing similar averages but software-specific variability, highlighting the need for standardized analysis protocols to ensure reproducibility and cross-center comparability.
  Figure 567-02-016.  Open-Source Software Tools for Radiofrequency Coil Design
Ilias Giannakopoulos, Bei Zhang, José Cruz Serrallés, Ryan Brown, Riccardo Lattanzi
NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, United States of America
Impact: We introduce a comprehensive, rapid, and open-source RF coil design simulator. It is poised to enable rapid design iteration that are currently infeasible and lower the barrier for widespread adoption of advanced RF coil modeling in the MRI community.

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