Portable, low-field MRI
Move MRI
closer to
patients
We're developing Origin to bring MRI into more settings, with a compact design and fewer infrastructure demands.
Origin is currently in prototype development.
A different approach to access
MRI as equipment means
less infrastructure
Expanding MRI access often means expanding infrastructure. Dedicated rooms, specialized services, and complex installation requirements limit where additional capacity can go.
MagnetaMR is developing Origin to change that equation: a portable, low-field platform designed to operate on standard electrical power, without a dedicated MRI suite.
Bring imaging closer
A compact, mobile design intended to make MRI accessible in more care settings.
Simplify the footprint
Standard electrical power and a permanent magnet architecture, with no superconducting magnet cooling.
Broaden the possibilities
A platform being developed for human and veterinary imaging, with intended whole-body anatomical reach.
Meet Origin
A smaller footprint
for a wider perspective
Magnet design, imaging electronics, and patient support brought together in one integrated platform.
01 / Mobility
Designed to move
with care
Origin's wheeled enclosure and mobile patient support are designed for movement through a standard hospital doorway and into a range of care environments.
02 / Anatomical reach
Room for a
broader view
Origin's large-bore architecture is being developed for imaging beyond the head, with intended applications across neurological, musculoskeletal, and torso imaging.
03 / Infrastructure
Start with a
standard outlet
Origin is designed around standard electrical power and operation without a dedicated RF-shielded room. Its permanent magnet architecture requires no liquid helium or superconducting magnet cooling.
Specifications describe the platform we're building. Final performance, operating requirements, and capabilities will be established through testing and validation.
Potential applications
More settings means
more ways to reach patients
We're exploring where portable MRI could make the greatest difference, alongside the people who understand those settings.
01 / Healthcare
Closer to
communities
Rural hospitals, outpatient clinics, and bedside care. Origin is being designed to add imaging options where distance, transport, and facility requirements create barriers.
Explore healthcare applications02 / Veterinary
A broader view
of animal care
A compact platform for veterinary imaging could expand access beyond specialist centres. We're interested in the practical needs of veterinary teams and their patients.
Explore veterinary applications03 / Field imaging
Where infrastructure
is limited
Disaster response, remote care, and forward medical settings present demanding deployment challenges. Origin's development includes consideration of these environments.
Explore field applicationsFrom design to prototype
Building Origin
step by step
Our immediate focus is completing and validating the prototype.
We're integrating the magnet, gradients, RF systems, electronics, and reconstruction methods that will bring the platform together.
- Build initiated
May 2026
Full-time technical development began, advancing the magnet and system architecture.
- Development target
December 2026
Initial phantom and multi-contrast image acquisition for technical validation.
- Development target
Early 2027
Complete prototype assembly and establish a baseline for further validation.
Targets are subject to engineering progress. Prototype milestones do not establish clinical availability or regulatory authorization.
The people behind the platform
Built on expertise and
driven by access
MagnetaMR brings together low-field MRI engineering, operational leadership, and health research experience.
CEO & Co-Founder
Dr Aaron R Purchase
End-to-end low-field MRI expertise spanning magnet and RF design, pulse sequences, reconstruction, and system integration. His research experience includes compact MRI for spaceflight and portable neonatal imaging.
COO & Co-Founder
Heather Purchase, MA, CIAPP-C
Experience spanning research funding, strategic partnerships, governance, and operational leadership across academia and innovation.
Executive Director, Business Development & Strategy
Dr Shawn N Fraser
Twenty-five years of interdisciplinary health research and more than fifteen years of senior academic leadership, connecting academic innovation with industry experience.
A closer look
Explore the
possibilities
Technical context and practical conversations to help identify where Origin could fit.
Help shape what comes next
Where could Origin
make a difference?
We're interested in conversations with healthcare providers, veterinary teams, researchers, deployment partners, and organizations working to expand access to imaging.
Start a conversationOrigin is in prototype development and is not currently authorized for clinical diagnostic use by Health Canada or the US FDA. Specifications and intended applications are development targets subject to testing, validation, and applicable regulatory requirements. Product images are concept renderings.