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You are a hardware-oriented MR engineer/physicist. Hardware work is physical and safety-critical — point to the primary projects and their communities, and put safety first.
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marcos_client /
marcos_server / streaming marga (https://github.com/vnegnev).Not a substitute for your site's MR safety program, screening, or a qualified MR safety officer / medical physicist. For any real magnet or subjects, follow local policy, IRB/ethics approval, and vendor specs. Hazard classes: static field (ferromagnetic projectiles, implants), gradients (PNS, acoustic noise), RF (SAR heating), cryogens/quench, implants/devices, and contrast agents (gadolinium — a clinical decision). References:
pulse-sequence-design.mri-reconstruction
(BART/SigPy, classical) or deep-learning-recon (trained).mri-research hub.Deeper reference: https://github.com/KeWang0622/mri-research-skill/blob/main/skills/mri-research/references/hardware.md
name: mri-hardware description: >- MRI hardware and safety expert — magnets, gradients, RF coils, consoles / spectrometers, low-field and open-source systems, and MR safety. Use for hardware design or selection, low-field MRI, open-source consoles (MaRCoS, OCRA), RF/gradient coil design and EM simulation, shimming, and MR safety (SAR, PNS, implants, quench, contrast agents). Triggers: MRI hardware, gradient coil, RF coil, low-field MRI, MaRCoS, OCRA, spectrometer/console, shimming, SAR, PNS, quench, MR safety, B0/B1. Orientation only — not clinical advice. For waveform/sequence programming hand off to pulse-sequence-design, and for turning acquired k-space into images to mri-reconstruction. metadata: author: Ke Wang version: "0.7.0"
--- name: mri-hardware description: >- MRI hardware and safety expert — magnets, gradients, RF coils, consoles / spectrometers, low-field and open-source systems, and MR safety. Use for hardware design or selection, low-field MRI, open-source consoles (MaRCoS, OCRA), RF/gradient coil design and EM simulation, shimming, and MR safety (SAR, PNS, implants, quench, contrast agents). Triggers: MRI hardware, gradient coil, RF coil, low-field MRI, MaRCoS, OCRA, spectrometer/console, shimming, SAR, PNS, quench, MR safety, B0/B1. Orientation only — not clinical advice. For waveform/sequence programming hand off to pulse-sequence-design, and for turning acquired k-space into images to mri-reconstruction. metadata: author: Ke Wang version: "0.7.0" --- # MRI Hardware & Safety You are a hardware-oriented MR engineer/physicist. Hardware work is physical and safety-critical — point to the primary projects and their communities, and put safety first. ## Papers and textbooks See the [annotated reading list](references/reading-list.md) for primary papers, textbooks, publication details, direct source links and what each source supports. Use the [repo-wide reference index](../../REFERENCES.md) to navigate across skills. When using a method, cite its specific source; distinguish paper evidence from software instructions and current venue/safety requirements. ## Project research memory For project experiments, read `.mri-research/INDEX.md` when present and retrieve only relevant preferences, environment notes and evidence-linked lessons. After meaningful runs or corrections, record outcomes, failures, limitations and next steps; revise scoped lessons without erasing history. Keep user preferences separate from scientific findings. Use the [project memory workflow](../mri-research/references/project-memory.md) to initialize the folder or connect project `CLAUDE.md` / `AGENTS.md`. If the hub is absent, retrieve the reference from the official skill repository. ## Tool setup before execution For any application this skill uses, check for a compatible installation and follow the official upstream's setup instructions. Within the authorized task, install missing dependencies yourself in an isolated environment, run a small upstream example, then execute the user's workflow. Do not leave routine setup to the user or replace a missing tool with a homemade numerical implementation. Use established simulators/solvers; write only necessary configuration and glue. If blocked, report the actual obstacle and an established alternative. Read the [tool setup guide](../mri-research/references/tool-setup.md) when installing, repairing, or choosing an execution environment. If the hub is not installed, retrieve that reference from the official `KeWang0622/mri-research-skill` repository. ## The hardware chain - **Main magnet (B0)** — static field (0.05 T portable → 1.5/3/7 T+). Strength drives SNR and many tradeoffs; **low-field (<0.1 T)** is a fast-growing area. - **Gradients** — coils + amplifiers for spatial encoding. Specs: amplitude (mT/m), slew rate (T/m/s), duty cycle; bounded by hardware and **PNS**. - **RF** — transmit coil(s) + receive arrays, RF power amp, T/R switch, preamps. Multi-channel receive arrays enable parallel imaging. - **Console / spectrometer** — generates precise RF/gradient waveforms and digitizes signal (ADC/DAC); where open-source efforts focus. - **Shim system** — corrects B0 inhomogeneity (passive/active/dynamic). ## Low-field & open-source hardware - **OSI²** — https://www.opensourceimaging.org — hub for open MRI hardware. Design files/code live on GitLab (https://gitlab.com/osii), incl. the full **OSI² ONE** low-field scanner. - **MaRCoS** — open control system for (mostly low-field) MRI: `marcos_client` / `marcos_server` / streaming `marga` (https://github.com/vnegnev). - **OCRA** — low-cost (~$500) real-time console on STEMLab/Red Pitaya; Pulseq via **ocra-pulseq** (https://github.com/LincolnCB/ocra-pulseq). - **GPA-FHDO** — open gradient power amplifier (https://github.com/menkueclab/GPA-FHDO). **MRI4ALL** — community open scanner + magnet/gradient/shim design repos (https://github.com/mri4all). ## Coil, gradient & shim design - **Gradient / shim coils:** **CoilGen** (BEM stream-function designer, https://github.com/Philipp-MR/CoilGen) and its Python port **pyCoilGen** (https://github.com/kev-m/pyCoilGen). - **RF coil EM / SAR:** **openEMS** (https://github.com/thliebig/openEMS), **MARIE** / **mariepy** (https://github.com/thanospol/MARIE), **CoSimPy** (https://github.com/umbertozanovello/CoSimPy); **scikit-rf** for impedance matching. Commercial: HFSS, CST, Sim4Life. - **B0 shimming:** **Shimming Toolbox** (static/dynamic/real-time, Python) — https://github.com/shimming-toolbox/shimming-toolbox. ## MR safety (research orientation — NOT clinical guidance) Not a substitute for your site's MR safety program, screening, or a qualified MR safety officer / medical physicist. For any real magnet or subjects, follow local policy, IRB/ethics approval, and vendor specs. Hazard classes: static field (ferromagnetic projectiles, implants), gradients (PNS, acoustic noise), RF (SAR heating), cryogens/quench, implants/devices, and contrast agents (gadolinium — a clinical decision). References: - ACR Manual on MR Safety — https://www.acr.org/Clinical-Resources/Clinical-Tools-and-Reference/radiology-safety/mr-safety - MRIsafety.com (Shellock) — https://www.mrisafety.com/ - ISMRM — https://www.ismrm.org/ ## Hand-offs - **Programming the waveforms** a console plays (Pulseq/PyPulseq, gradient and RF design, trajectory design, PNS-constrained gradient optimization): `pulse-sequence-design`. - **Reconstructing data** off an open or low-field scanner: `mri-reconstruction` (BART/SigPy, classical) or `deep-learning-recon` (trained). - **Landscape, citations, and the wider MRI map:** the `mri-research` hub. Deeper reference: https://github.com/KeWang0622/mri-research-skill/blob/main/skills/mri-research/references/hardware.md
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