Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition • 09-14 May 2026
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567-02-001.
Development and Validation of Gradient Impulse Response Function Measurements on an Open-Source Platform
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.
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567-02-002.
Open Source Tool for Measurement and Calculation of the Gradient Impulse Response Function
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.
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567-02-003.
Enabling MR Application Development in Python with the Remote Sequence Interface for Open Innovation
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. |
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567-02-004.
Live PyPulseq Client to the Remote Sequence Streaming Interface
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.
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567-02-005.
Remote Control of Portable Low-Field MRI by Cloud-Native Acquisition Platform
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.
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567-02-006.
Enhancing Off-Center MRI in Pulseq: Combined FOV Positioning and Gradient Delay Compensation
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.
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567-02-007.
Double Angle Method with EPI Readout for Quality Assessment of Low Flip Angle pTx Pulses at UHF
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.
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567-02-008.
A Vendor-Agnostic Pulseq Implementation of MR-STAT for fast, high resolution quantitative MRI
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.
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567-02-009.
Initial Tests of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting at 5T on a Whole-Body MRI Scanner Using Pulseq
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.
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567-02-010.
An Open-source Accelerated Free Breathing Cardiac Diffusion PROPELLER EPI Sequence with Rotating Single-Shot Acquisitions
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.
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567-02-011.
Open-Source Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Encephalography for fMRI at High Temporal Resolutions
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. |
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567-02-012.
Design of a self-sufficient vendor independent Infield Autotune System
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.
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567-02-013.
Highly-Efficient RF Pulse Design via Compiler-Level Reverse-Mode Automatic Differentiation of GPU-Accelerated MRI Simulations
Impact: Compiler-Level Reverse-Mode GPU-accelerated automatic differentiation enables inline subject-specific RF pulse design in less than 5 seconds.
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567-02-014.
Single‑Shot Radial EPI with Parallel Imaging: towards Distortion‑Free fMRI and Per‑Repetition B0 Mapping
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.
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567-02-015.
Comparison of SpectroView, jMRUI, and pyAMARES+CSIgui for Cardiac ³¹P-MRS Quantification and Reproducibility
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.
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567-02-016.
Open-Source Software Tools for Radiofrequency Coil Design
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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