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AI Summary: "\\- Collaborated with Magnetic Insight on pre-clinical magnetic particle\
  \ imaging software.  \n- Developed sequence generation pipeline and custom DICOM\
  \ exporter.  \n- Designed desktop user interface and set up CI/CD pipeline.  \n\
  - Implemented task runner for 2D/3D image data processing on Windows and macOS."
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Assignee:
- J. David Giese
Last Edited Time: '2025-02-01T16:40:00+00:00'
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client_name: Magnetic Insight
date: '2017-03-03'
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medical_panel: ' Pre-Clinical'
name: Magnetic Particle Imaging Control and Processing Software
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- 9dc4f55a-b5cb-419f-8bae-5e11d6b11fee
summary: Staff augmentation for highly-technical, PhD heavy engineering team
tags:
- Image Processing
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---

## The Problem

Magnetic Insight was looking for a software-development partner to collaborate with on the developing a pre-clinical magnetic particle imaging platform.

[Magnetic Particle Imaging](https://www.magneticinsight.com/about-mpi/technology/) (MPI) is a new imaging modality that directly detects iron oxide nanoparticle tracers using time-varying magnetic fields.

[Magnetic Insight](https://www.magneticinsight.com/) is developing an MPI system capable of producing the world's highest sensitivity and finest resolution MPI images. Applications of MPI include cancer imaging, cell tracking, and angiography.

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  <img src="/img/portfolio/Magnetic_Particle_Imaging_Control_and_Processing_Software-c162955471da44a1a5ce329de3d0657a.png">
  <figcaption>
    <em>A CAD rendering of the MOMENTUM MPI scanner</em>
  </figcaption>
</figure>

<figure>
  <img src="/img/portfolio/Magnetic_Particle_Imaging_Control_and_Processing_Software-71c28fb6bbf64b47aa423653a20cfce1.gif">
  <figcaption>
    <em>Volume rendering of MPI perfusion.</em>
  </figcaption>
</figure>

<figure>
  <img src="/img/portfolio/Magnetic_Particle_Imaging_Control_and_Processing_Software-490de90295f84ec2ab59812eac71a5ce.png">
  <figcaption>
    <em>A mouse image captured using MI software.</em>
  </figcaption>
</figure>

## The Solution

Magnetic insight brought us onboard to aid in the design and implementation of their imaging software. We collaborated closely with their in-house hardware and software teams. Our role on the project involved:

- Architecting and developing the sequence generation pipeline
- Developing a custom DICOM exporter that fits within the standard as closely as possible (given MPI is a new modality)
- Designing and developing a desktop user interface
- Setting up a continuous integration and deployment pipeline
- Architecting and developing a task runner for acquiring and processing 2D and 3D image data
- Ensuring certain portions of the software work on both Windows and macOS.