ezyMRI: How to build an MRI machine from scratch -- Experience from a four-day hackathon
arXiv:2411.11365 · doi:10.1016/j.pnmrs.2025.101574
Abstract
Nuclear magnetic resonance instruments are becoming available to the do-it-yourself community. The challenges encountered in the endeavor to build a magnetic resonance imaging instrument from scratch were confronted in a four-day hackathon at Singapore University of Technology and Design in spring 2024. One day was devoted to educational lectures and three days to system construction and testing. Seventy young researchers from all parts of the world formed six teams focusing on magnet, gradient coil, RF coil, console, system integration, and design, which together produced a working MRI instrument in three days. The different steps, encountered challenges, and their solutions are reported.
arXiv comment49 pages, 23 figures, comments welcome (this paper is meant to be useful to people constructing their own MRI systems)
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