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Research behind the winding.

The original CoilGen publication, software attribution and works building on the method.

Original publication / 2022

Citing CoilGen

Please cite the original paper and record the CoilGen2 version or commit used in your study. The 2022 paper describes the original CoilGen method; current documentation describes the Python implementation and its additions.

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Doctoral thesis / Freiburg / 2025

Automated methods for coil design.

Philipp’s doctoral research at the University of Freiburg covers gradient and shim coil design, including the development of CoilGen.

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Works citing CoilGen.

25 grouped works in the existing bibliography: 19 journal articles, 2 book chapters, 1 doctoral thesis and 3 preprints.

25 works

  1. 2026Preprint

    A Reference System for Open Source Portable Low-Field MRI

    David Schote, Helge Herthum, Umberto Zanovello, Julia Pfitzer, et al.

    arXiv (preprint) · DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2608.19062

  2. 2026Journal article

    An Open‐Source, Reproducible MRI Data Acquisition and Reconstruction Workflow Using Pulseq: Multi‐Site and Cross‐Vendor Validation

    Qingping Chen, Thomas H. M. Roos, Amaya Murguia, Yuhai Xie, et al.

    Magnetic Resonance in Medicine · DOI: 10.1002/mrm.70548

  3. 2026Preprint

    Bilateral breast gradient insert prototype for strong diffusion encoding at 3T

    Gerrit Arends, Edwin Versteeg, Feng Jia, Dennis Klomp, et al.

    arXiv (preprint) · DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2605.08957

  4. 2026Journal article

    Design of a nonlinear double-breast single-axis gradient coil with controlled anterior–posterior gradient variation for diffusion-weighted imaging

    Feng Jia, Gerrit C. Arends, Philipp Amrein, Edwin Versteeg, et al.

    Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine · DOI: 10.1007/s10334-026-01420-0

  5. 2026Journal article

    Frequency Selective Surface (FSS) radiofrequency shield for low-field MRI

    Jun-Qi Yang, Meena Rajendran, Minxuan Xu, Xudong Chen, et al.

    Journal of Magnetic Resonance · DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2026.108172

  6. 2026Journal article

    Open‐Source Multinuclear Low‐Field Preclinical MRI Scanner

    Gonzalo G. Rodriguez, Sergey Korchak, Charlotte von Petersdorff‐Campen, Oscar Sucre, et al.

    NMR in Biomedicine · DOI: 10.1002/nbm.70291

  7. 2026Journal article

    Radial TRASE: 2D RF encoding through mechanical rotation and active digital decoupling

    Christopher J. Sedlock, Aaron R. Purchase, Boguslaw Tomanek, Jonathan C. Sharp

    Magnetic Resonance in Medicine · DOI: 10.1002/mrm.70104

  8. 2025Preprint

    An imageless magnetic resonance framework for fast and cost-effective decision-making

    Alba González-Cebrián, Pablo García-Cristóbal, Fernando Galve, Efe Ilıcak, et al.

    arXiv (preprint) · DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2505.04550

  9. 2025Journal article

    Biological J‐Coupling Spectroscopy at Low Magnetic Field

    Gonzalo G. Rodriguez, Charlotte von Petersdorff‐Campen, Sergey Korchak, Oscar Sucre, et al.

    Small Science · DOI: 10.1002/smsc.202500268

  10. 2025Journal article

    Design method of transverse gradient coils based on nonuniform rational B‐spline (NURBS) curves

    Chenxi Zhu, Weiran Song, Lifei Liu

    Magnetic Resonance in Medicine · DOI: 10.1002/mrm.30356

  11. 2025Journal article

    Easy scalable, low-cost open-source magnetic field detection system for evaluating low-field MRI magnets using a motion-tracked robot

    Pavel Povolni, Robin Bendfeld, Sergej Maltsev, Judith Samlow, et al.

    Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine · DOI: 10.1007/s10334-025-01239-1

  12. 2025Journal article

    Experience of how to build an MRI machine from scratch

    Shaoying Huang, José Miguel Algarín, Joseba Alonso, R Anieyrudh, et al.

    Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy · DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2025.101574

  13. 2025Journal article

    Gradient coil design for a 0.23 T NICU MRI system using an improved two-step Target-Field Method with enhanced linearity and compact design

    Jinhao Liu, Miutian Wang, Wenchen Wang, Yaohui Wang, et al.

    Journal of Magnetic Resonance · DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2025.107936

  14. 2025Journal article

    Magneto-mechanics in mechanobiology: enabling remote force transmission to cells and extracellular matrix

    Daniel Garcia-Gonzalez

    Biophysical Reviews · DOI: 10.1007/s12551-025-01379-7

  15. 2025Book chapter

    Mobile Magnetic Resonance of Plants: Towards Practical Day-to-day Use

    Carel W. Windt, Antonia Woertche, Marco Meixner

    NMR in Plants and Soils · DOI: 10.1039/9781837673452-00345

  16. 2025Journal article

    MRI4ALL: A Week‐Long Hackathon for the Development of an Open‐Source Ultra‐Low‐Field MRI System

    Kai Tobias Block, Chengtong Zhang, Vito Ciancia, Clarissa Cooley, et al.

    Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging · DOI: 10.1002/jmri.29771

  17. 2025Book chapter

    NMR of Roots in Soil Grown in Field and Greenhouse Conditions

    Hilary T. Fabich, Stephen A. Altobelli, G. Cody Bagnall, Mark S. Conradi, et al.

    NMR in Plants and Soils · DOI: 10.1039/9781837673452-00369

  18. 2024Journal article

    A novel method for highly linear gradient coil design based on stream function

    Yufu Zhou, Zhengrong Liu, Qing Zhang, Huiyu Du, et al.

    Medical Physics · DOI: 10.1002/mp.17301

  19. 2024Journal article

    Elliptical Halbach magnet and gradient modules for low‐field portable magnetic resonance imaging

    Fernando Galve, Eduardo Pallás, Teresa Guallart‐Naval, Pablo García‐Cristóbal, et al.

    NMR in Biomedicine · DOI: 10.1002/nbm.5258

  20. 2024Journal article

    Open‐source magnetic resonance imaging: Improving access, science, and education through global collaboration

    Lukas Winter, João Periquito, Christoph Kolbitsch, Ruben Pellicer‐Guridi, et al.

    NMR in Biomedicine · DOI: 10.1002/nbm.5052

  21. 2024Journal article

    PulPy: A Python Toolkit for MRI RF and Gradient Pulse Design

    Jonathan B. Martin, Heng Sun, Madison Albert, Kevin M. Johnson, et al.

    Journal of Open Source Software · DOI: 10.21105/joss.06586

  22. 2023Doctoral thesis

    A plug-and-play gradient insert for fast and silent MRI

    Edwin Versteeg

    Utrecht University · DOI: 10.33540/1669

  23. 2023Journal article

    Imaging local diffusion in microstructures using NV-based pulsed field gradient NMR

    Fleming Bruckmaier, Robin D. Allert, Nick R. Neuling, Philipp Amrein, et al.

    Science Advances · DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adh3484

  24. 2023Journal article

    Low‐field MRI: A report on the 2022 ISMRM workshop

    Adrienne E. Campbell‐Washburn, Kathryn E. Keenan, Peng Hu, John P. Mugler, et al.

    Magnetic Resonance in Medicine · DOI: 10.1002/mrm.29743

  25. 2023Journal article

    Optimal bi-planar gradient coil configurations for diamond nitrogen-vacancy based diffusion-weighted NMR experiments

    Philipp Amrein, Fleming Bruckmaier, Feng Jia, Dominik B. Bucher, et al.

    Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine · DOI: 10.1007/s10334-023-01111-0