Democratizing MRI access in Sub-Saharan Africa through Low Field MRI System construction, Installation &User Training. Infant Hydrocephalus Medical Intervention
Mbarara University, Uganda
Joined October 2023
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MRI UGANDA retweeted
The abstract submission site for the 2026 ISMRM & ISMRT Annual Meeting & Exhibition is OPEN!
From groundbreaking research to practical applications, this is your opportunity to share your work with your fellow MR professionals. LEARN MORE: ow.ly/I96t50X39bh
#ISMRM #ISMRT
MRI UGANDA retweeted
🌍 Global MRI Collaboration – Uganda 🇺🇬 Meets Spain 🇪🇸
Honored to host Prof. Joseba Alonso & Teresa Guallart from @UPV for a month in our Low Field MRI Project.
🔧 Denoised ground loops
💻 Optimized MARGE interface
🧠 Integrated Tyger
🖼️ Boosted image quality
#MRI #LowFieldMRI
🌍 Global MRI Collaboration – Uganda 🇺🇬 Meets Spain 🇪🇸
Honored to host Prof. Joseba Alonso & Teresa Guallart from @UPV for a month in our Low Field MRI Project.
🔧 Denoised ground loops
💻 Optimized MARGE interface
🧠 Integrated Tyger
🖼️ Boosted image quality
#MRI #LowFieldMRI
MRI UGANDA retweeted
📢 Call for Abstracts – Deadline Extended! 🚨
🎯 Submit your groundbreaking work in MRI innovation, clinical applications, AI, low-field MRI, and more!
🖊️ New Deadline: 31 July 2025
🔗 Submit here: ismrmafricanchapterconferenc…
#ISMRM #ISMRT #CAMERAAFRICA #SMARTA – at Uganda
MRI UGANDA retweeted
Johnes Obungoloch first visited us at @polymtl in 2019 for the first edition of the MRathon. Six years later, he is back in Montreal building a low-field MRI scanner with Udunna Anazodo
It was a pleasure welcoming him back to the @PolyNeuro lab together with @jcohenadad
MRI UGANDA retweeted
📣 Speaker spotlight for #ESMRMB2025: Joseba Alonso! 📣
Prof. Joseba Alonso will talk about low-field MRI in "Cycle of Technology"!
Register here to experience an ESMRMB meeting to never forget: buff.ly/GHbFWHc
MRI UGANDA retweeted
📢 Call for Abstracts is NOW OPEN! 🚨
🎯 Submit your research on MRI innovation, clinical practice, AI, low-field MRI & more!
🖊️ Deadline: 18 July 2025
🔗 Submit here: ismrmafricanchapterconferenc…
#ISMRM #ISMRT #CAMERAFRICA #SMARTAAFRICA – at Uganda
MRI UGANDA retweeted
📢 Excited to announce the 3rd ISMRM African Chapter Conference 🇹🇳
🗓️ 26–27 September 2025
📍 Tunis, Tunisia
A premier event for advancing MR research across Africa.
Save the date!
#ISMRMAfrica #MRI #MedicalImaging #Tunisia2025 – at Uganda
MRI UGANDA retweeted
📣 Speaker spotlight for #ESMRMB2025: Sebastian Weingärtner! 📣
Join Dr. Weingärtner to learn about quality assessment of quantitative MRI in "Cycle of Quality"!
Register here to experience an ESMRMB meeting to never forget: buff.ly/GHbFWHc
MRI UGANDA retweeted
Now that #ISMRM2025 came to a close, it’s been a fantastic week of learning, connecting, and inspiration. Grateful to have gathered many of the CAMERA team for this group photo—so many familiar faces and new collaborations in the making!
#CAMERAMRIAfrica #MRIaccess
MRI UGANDA retweeted
🫡 Day 5 & last day of the #AfricaBrainHack25
✅ 327 🧑💻👩💻 from 25+ Africa, SE Asia, & Latin America Countries
✅ 30 #SPARK Teams
✅ 15 Deep Dive Seminars
✅ 20 hrs Coding and Decoding - Code Hack sessions
✅ 3 HID (How I Did it) talks from #SPARK Alumni
✅ 1 Strong 🌍 collaborative Academy
🚀 road to @MICCAI_Society #BraTS #Challenge begins...See you in South Korea 🇰🇷
🙏 Faculty, Local Sites, Team coordinators and all sponsors @LacunaFund @RSNA R&E Foundation.
Welcome to Spark_Academy 2025. This is Team Nigeria North East. We hope you will find this informative and helpful. #AfricaBrainHack25 #TeamNigeriaNorthEast #SavanahAI
MRI UGANDA retweeted
📢 Call for Papers | #MIRASOL2025 #MICCAI2025
We invite work tackling medical imaging & ML challenges in #Africa & #LMICs 🌍
🔬 Focus: Equity-driven AI, low-cost diagnostics, bias mitigation, multimodal data & more.
🏆 Best Paper & People’s Choice Awards ($500 each)
🌍 Travel Grants for LMIC researchers
🗓️ Deadline: June 24
🔗 Info and application:event.fourwaves.com/mirasol/…
@MICCAI_Society
MRI UGANDA retweeted
🚨 Applications OPEN: IMAGINE Summer School 2025 🚨
🌍 Hybrid MRI training for LMICs
🧠 Build open-source MRI systems
📅 May 26 – Aug 2 | 💡 Apply by May 5
Hosted by @TheNeuro_MNI @McGillU @StellenboschUni @MRIUganda
No fee. Big impact.
🔗 event.fourwaves.com/imagine/…
#MRI #GlobalHealth #OpenScience #LowFieldMRI #BiomedicalEngineering #CAMERA
MRI UGANDA retweeted
🚨 💫 📑 Survey on Glioma Imaging in Africa – Your Input Matters! 🚨
CAMERA MRI Africa is conducting a 10-minute survey to develop evidence-based glioma imaging guidelines tailored to clinical environments across Africa.
💡 Take the survey English: lnkd.in/dNvt58eD
French version: lnkd.in/dVVCASkv
@UKwikima @Radiology_SA @NeuroOnc
MRI UGANDA retweeted
🚨 💫 📑 Enquête sur l'imagerie des gliomes en Afrique - Votre avis compte ! 🚨
CAMERA MRI Africa mène une enquête de 10 minutes pour développer des directives d'imagerie des gliomes basées sur des preuves et adaptées aux environnements cliniques à travers l'Afrique.
💡 Répondre à l'enquête Version française :forms.gle/NERbbm7adgFkCAcw6
MRI UGANDA retweeted
Imaging without Borders is here! 🌍 We're training the next generation of healthcare innovators to build low cost 🧠#brain #mri scanners in Africa🇿🇦. Sign up for our free Summer School on low-field MRI engineering. Applications now open! @StellenboschUni
Learn more:event.fourwaves.com/imagine
MRI UGANDA retweeted
📣 Learn how to write a successful grant at #ESMRMB2025! 📣
We are lucky to have David Karlin, professional academic trainer, in a hands-on session on how to write a successful academic grant proposal! Don't miss it!
Register at: buff.ly/UcR4Ooh
