MRI4All: A Week-Long Hackathon for the Development of an Open-Source Ultra-Low-Field MRI System
Motivation: To break the accessibility barrier of high-field MRI, we demonstrate that hardware and software systems necessary for an affordable MRI system, can be designed and constructed within a week using open-source tools and conventional 3D printing approaches. Goal(s): To illustrate the realization of an ultra low field MRI system fully operational using open source toolsApproach: Over the course of a week, researchers across the USA have assembled to build the main magnet, field homogenization, gradient, radio-frequency (RF), and software systems needed for the creation of MRI. Results: We present, for the first time, a community-driven open-source MRI system built within a week. Impact: to introduce a community-driven open-source MRI low-field systems have the capability to widely democratize MRI throughout the community and the world.
Authors
- Chengtong Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8429-1382)
- Thiago R. P. M. Rúbio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7450-8075)
- Bernhard Gruber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4901-5732)
- Lavanya Umapathy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7224-0930)
- Sairam Geethanath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3776-4114)
- Daniel K. Sodickson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2436-4664)
- Anmol Monga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5248-3126)
- Fernando E. Boada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3289-9917)
- Karthik Lakshmanan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0187-495X)
- Kai Tobias Block (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3426-965X)
- Clarissa Cooley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8691-9373)
- Ruoxun Zi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6866-9448)
- Aaron Purchase (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7823-8412)
- Riccardo Lattanzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8240-5903)
- Shyam Sundar Nandi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6422-2540)
- Leeor Alon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3566-9276)
- Carlotta Ianniello (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1749-6842)
- Tarun Dutt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7683-4271)
- Ilknur Icke
- Ryan Brown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2683-712X)
- Roy Wiggins
- Jingjia Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6023-1033)
- Hector Lise de Moura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6620-9814)
- Florin Teleanu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3845-0974)
- Charlotte R. Sappo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7030-278X)
- Yvonne W. Lui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9984-9164)
- Jason Stockmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8454-5347)
- Sai Abitha Srinivas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3595-1757)
- Anaïs Artiges (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0935-6716)
- Jeff Short (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5392-3517)
- B. Xin
- David C. Garrett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9747-8494)
- L. Chen
- Sebastian Theilenberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3439-5111)
- Huaiwei Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9467-4361)
- Akbar Alipour (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7981-6808)
- Radhika Tibrewala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3837-1144)
- Dinank Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7496-1056)
- Yun Shang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0351-4352)
- Kalina V. Jordanova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9097-3863)
- George C. Verghese
- Jonathan Martin
- Vito R. Ciancia
- Anja Samardzija (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8705-8840)
- Heng Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9091-4591)
- Andrew Mao
- Guang Yang
- K. Uday Kiran
- Amritha Musipatla
- Amanpreet Saimbhi
- Greg Shakar
- Zach Stoebner
- Antonio Verdone
- Nora Krassnig-Plass
- Alex Nwigwe
- Doug Bratner
Publication Details
- Journal
- Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition
- Published
- 2024-11-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.58530/2024/0423
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Biomedical and Engineering Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.37