Enhancing AI-driven healthcare, AIIMS and SAMEER have signed an MoU to boost MRI and NMR tech, supporting India’s self-reliance in medical device innovation.
AIIMS and the Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research (SAMEER) have recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance research and development in medical electronics.
This collaboration was announced on the 32nd Foundation Day of AIIMS New Delhi’s Department of NMR. Particularly focusing on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) systems, the MoU focuses on five key areas of cooperation. These include developing medical devices, validating SAMEER’s 1.5T MRI system, integrating AI/ML for image enhancement, designing MRI scanner subsystems, and creating RF subsystems for high-field animal MRI scanners.
SAMEER, under the Indigenous Magnetic Resonance Imaging (IMRI) initiative, is developing a 1.5 Tesla MRI system. Several components of this system, including the RF power amplifier and magnet, have already been successfully tested. Animal trials have been completed too.
According to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), with this new MoU, AIIMS will support clinical validation, helping to further India’s push for self-sufficiency in MRI technology.
Dr M. Srinivas, Director of AIIMS, stressed the importance of collaboration between clinicians and scientists to improve medical devices. Sunita Verma from MeitY highlighted the need for co-creation to meet India’s domestic demand and to offer solutions globally.
Abhishek Singh, Additional Secretary at MeitY, endorsed the partnership, noting its potential to strengthen the medical device sector and support AI-driven healthcare advancements.
