Abstract #0951

Open-Source Console Software for the MRI4ALL Hackathon Scanner

Kai Tobias Block¹, Roy Wiggins¹, Amanpreet Singh Saimbhi¹, Tarun Dutt¹, Antonio Verdone Sanchez¹, and Sairam Geethanath²

¹Bernard and Irene Schwartz Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY, United States, New York City, NY, United States, ²Accessible Magnetic Resonance Laboratory, Biomedical Imaging and Engineering Institute, Department of Diagnostic, Molecular and Interventional Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, New York, NY, United States, New York City, NY, United States

Synopsis

Keywords: Software Tools, New Devices, Open-Source

Motivation: Commercial MRI scanners have limited accessibility due to high costs and the proprietary nature of the hardware and software platforms.

Goal(s): To develop a comprehensive console software for community-built low-field MRI systems that is solely based on open-source components and provides a user interface similar to commercial systems.

Approach: The console software was programmed in the Python programming language. The platform is divided into three decoupled services that 1) provide the interface for scan planning and visualization, 2) run the scanner control, and 3) perform the image reconstruction.

Results: The architecture is described, providing a starting point for utilizing it in other projects.

Impact: The development of open-source MRI software and hardware will help to disseminate fundamental knowledge about the construction of MRI scanners. The software platform described in this work may serve as foundation for future community initiatives on building open-source scanners.

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