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Abstract #0139

An Open Source Mobile NMR Relaxometry Platform

Michael Twieg1, Matthew J. Riffe2, Natalia Gudino2, Mark A. Griswold, 13

1Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States; 2Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States; 3Dept. of Radiology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States


We present an improved mobile and low-cost NMR hardware platform aimed for use in simple NMR relaxometry experiments. The platform includes all necessary hardware, with the exception of the NMR probe itself, in a single enclosure. The platform is versatile, allowing for operation across a wide frequency range and with various NMR probes. The flexible system firmware allows for many relaxometry experiments, including measurement of T1, T2, ρ 0, and self diffusion coefficient (D). The total cost of the system, neglecting the host computer, is less than $750. Documentation on the platform is open source and available online.