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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120126813 | METHOD AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE SYSTEM TO ACQUIRE MR DATA IN A PREDEFINED THREE-DIMENSIONAL VOLUME SEGMENT In a method and magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus to acquire MR data in a predetermined three-dimensional volume segment of an examination subject, the three-dimensional volume segment is selectively excited with an RF excitation pulse, wherein a magnetic field gradient... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126811 | Methods and apparatuses for 3D magnetic density imaging and magnetic resonance imaging Methods and apparatuses for 3D tomographic imaging of objects such as soft-tissues in humans are disclosed. They are similar to the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) methods and apparatuses but they are based on the new Field Paradigm founded on the principle that the fi... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126812 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD First magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) three-dimensional heart image data includes a plurality of two-dimensional heart image data superimposed and having a resolution in at least one direction that is different from that in two other directions. A first axis is detecte... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120105060 | Use Of Strongly Modulating Pulses In MRI For Providing Chemical Shift Selective Flip Angles A method of performing nuclear magnetic resonance imaging of a body comprising at least two populations of nuclei characterized by different spin resonance frequencies, the method comprising the steps of: (a) immerging said body (B) in a static magnetic field (B0 05/03/2012 | |
| 20120081115 | USING MEMRISTOR DEVICES AS SWITCHES FOR MRI COILS A radiofrequency (RF) coil assembly (18,18′) for use in a magnetic resonance system (10) includes a radiofrequency coil (42) and a plurality of memory resistive elements (46,56,62,72) which each retains a selected resistive state after a co... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081114 | System for Accelerated MR Image Reconstruction An MR imaging system uses the multiple RF coils for acquiring corresponding multiple image data sets of the slice. An image data processor comprises at least one processing device conditioned for, generating a composite MR image data set representing a single image in a... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081112 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM In a magnetic resonance method and system to acquire an MR image using a pulse sequence that sets the magnetization vector in the steady state into a stable oscillation under RF excitation pulses radiated at a time interval of time TR, the phase coding gradients for cod... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081113 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE METHOD AND SYSTEM TO GENERATE AN IMAGE DATA SET In a magnetic resonance method and system to generate an image data set with a magnetic resonance system at least two phase coding gradients are activated in respective spatial directions. An RF excitation pulse is radiated. At least one raw data point in a k-space data... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120068702 | METHOD AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE SYSTEM TO GENERATE A SERIES OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE EXPOSURES In a magnetic resonance method and apparatus, a series of magnetic resonance exposures of an examination subject is generated by implementing multiple first measurements (data acquisitions) with variation of a measurement parameter from acquisition-to-acquisition, which... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068705 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND MEASUREMENT METHOD A measuring instrument and a measurement method which measures, using magnetic resonance, images such as a functional image, a morphologic image of an object to be measured eliminate the influences of the moving speed of the object to be measured during moving, thereby ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068704 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE METHOD AND SYSTEM TO GENERATE MR IMAGE DATA WITH PARALLEL SLICE EXCITATION In a method and a magnetic resonance (MR) system and method to generate MR image data of a predetermined volume segment within an examination subject, multiple slices of the volume segment are simultaneously excited by at least one RF excitation pulse, and during the ex... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068703 | METHOD FOR SPATIALLY RESOLVED DETERMINATION OF AN MR PARAMETER In a magnetic resonance (MR) method and apparatus for spatially resolved determination of at least one MR parameter that influences an MR signal detected in an MR measurement of a region of an examination subject, first complex image data and second complex image data, ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068706 | Dual-Resonance Structure and Method for Examining Samples Using A Plurality of Conductive Strips A double-resonance structure 10 for DNP-NMR and/or ENDOR experiments is described. The double-resonance structure 10 comprises a microwave resonator 30 for generating electromagnetic fields suitable for EPR, and an HF resonator 12 for generat... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068701 | System and Method for Improving the Analysis of Chemical Substances Using NQR The present application discloses systems and methods for analyzing a chemical substance containing quadrupolar nuclei to determine a measurable characteristic of the substance. The systems and methods include irradiating the substance with RF energy to stimulate NQR of... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120049846 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PHASE-SENSITIVE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING In a method and system for phase-sensitive magnetic resonance imaging, a respective, complex image data set provided to a processor for each of at least two different echo times, the complex image data sets for the different echo times having been reconstructed from mag... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049845 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE DEVICE In the diffusion spectroscopic imaging, in which intensity of molecular diffusion is imaged with separating chemical substances, with suppressing artifacts resulting from object motion of an object, spatial resolution, spectral band and SNR are maintained, and measureme... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120043964 | Method and system for simulating magnetic resonance imaging signals A method for simulating magnetic resonance signals is proposed. A lattice array where each point in the array has several magnetic resonance sensitive particles is provided. Statistic property of each point is set. A raw magnetic resonance imaging data is calculated bas... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120041298 | Methods and Apparatus for Aligning Antennas of Low-Powered Intra - and Extra - Oral Electronic Wireless Devices A method and system of aligning antennas of an intra-oral and extra-oral electronic wireless device is provided. Three-dimensional anatomical data of at least a portion of an oral cavity of a subject and at least a portion of an external ear of the subject is recorded. ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120032677 | SPATIAL INTENSITY CORRECTION FOR RF SHADING NON-UNIFORMITIES IN MRI An MRI MAP prescan data from a predetermined imaged patient volume is decomposed to produce a transmit RF field inhomogeneity map and a receive RF field inhomogeneity map for the imaged patient volume based on a three-dimensional geometrical model of the inhomogeneity m... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120032676 | Spatial intensity correction for RF shading non-uniformities in MRI An MRI MAP prescan data from a predetermined imaged patient volume is decomposed to produce a transmit RF field inhomogeneity map and a receive RF field inhomogeneity map for the imaged patient volume based on a three-dimensional geometrical model of the inhomogeneity m... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120025822 | Method of MR (=magnetic resonance) with spatial encoding to generate an image of spectroscopic data A method of MR with spatial encoding to generate an image or spectroscopic data of an object of investigation inside an MR apparatus comprises the steps of (a) selecting a volume of interest within the object of investigation, (b) applying an RF pulse to generate a tran... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120025825 | METHOD AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC PHASE CORRECTION IN A MULTI CHANNEL RF TRANSMISSION In a method and magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus to acquire spin echo-based MR signals of an examination subject with a multi-spin echo sequence with multiple refocusing pulses after a single excitation pulse in an MR system that has a multichannel RF transmission and ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120025823 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING In a methods and devices for magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, an MR data acquisition is implemented repeatedly in which an examination subject is exposed to an alternating magnetic field with a frequency before the readout sequence. The signal values acquired after the ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120025824 | METHOD AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE SYSTEM TO GENERATE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES In a method to create magnetic resonance (MR) images of a predetermined volume segment within an examination subject by operation of an MR system with continuous table displacement, at least one slice with a respective, predetermined thickness is defined, and for each s... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120025826 | Method For Reducing Artifacts In Magnetic Resonance Imaging Disclosed are methods for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that reduce the appearance of fast spin echo cups artifacts using a slice-titting gradient. In particular, the excited image slice is titted relative to the image slice selected by the refocusing RF pulse.... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120019247 | SAR REDUCTION IN PARALLEL TRANSMISSION BY K-SPACE DEPENDENT RF PULSE SELECTION When generating an MR image using a multi-channel transmit coil arrangement, SAR is reduced by employing a number of different RF pulses in a single scan. Each RF pulse exhibits a different performance and/or accuracy, resulting in different RF pulse-specific SAR values... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120019243 | REDUCTION OF SLICE SELECT ARTIFACTS IN HALF PULSE EXCITATIONS USED IN ULTRASHORT TE (UTE) IMAGING The present embodiments are directed towards artifact reduction in slice select pulse sequences utilized in ultra short echo time imaging sequences. In one embodiment, a method includes determining a desired slice select thickness, determining a radiofrequency pulse sha... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120019245 | CEST MRI METHODS FOR IMAGING OF METABOLITES AND THE USE OF SAME AS BIOMARKERS The CEST effect for various neurotransmitters and energy metabolites in the brain and muscles and various endogenous metabolites in the liver, brain, and myocardium are imaged using MR imaging to illustrate a unique CEST effect that may be used to monitor the concentrat... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120019246 | METHOD FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING BASED ON PARTIALLY PARALLEL ACQUISITION (PPA) In a method and system for magnetic resonance imaging of an examination subject on the basis of partially parallel acquisition (PPA) with multiple component coils, a calibration measurement is implemented in a first time period and an actual measurement for the imaging ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120019244 | COMPOSITE SPIN LOCKING PULSE SEQUENCE AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME Present embodiments are directed towards a magnetic resonance imaging method. In one embodiment, the method includes (a) performing a first magnetic resonance imaging sequence including: (i) a first preparatory composite spin locking pulse sequence having a spin lock pu... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120013336 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING WITH IMPROVED IMAGING CONTRAST A method of magnetic resonance imaging of an object comprises the steps of arranging the object in a stationary magnetic field, subjecting the object to an excitation and encoding sequence of magnetic field gradients resulting in k-space sampling in two segments along t... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120013337 | SAR HOTSPOT REDUCTION BY TEMPORAL AVERAGING IN PARALLEL TRANSMISSION MRI A magnetic resonance sequence includes a repetitively applied radiofrequency B1 pulse capable of causing a specific absorption rate (SAR) hot spot. The composition of the repetitive B1 pulse is varied to generate versions of the repetitive B1 ... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120007599 | UPPER STACK FOR A NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROMETER APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF OPERATING A NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROMETER APPARATUS An upper stack for a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer apparatus includes a cryostat having one or more chambers for holding samples in a frozen state. A sample loading tube that also allows He delivery extends to the cryostat, and a sample changer mechanism is di... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120008842 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IMAGE ARTIFACT REDUCTION USING SELF-NAVIGATED REAL-TIME PHASE CORRECTION IN ECHO PLANAR IMAGING An apparatus and method include a computer programmed to implement a scan sequence configured to elicit scan data, wherein the scan sequence comprises an echo planar imaging (EPI) sequence configured to elicit the image data and to acquire the scan data. The computer is... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120001631 | ULTRA-LOW FIELD NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE METHOD TO DISCRIMINATE AND IDENTIFY MATERIALS An ultra-low field (ULF) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system can be used for rapid identification and discrimination of materials, e.g., liquid in opaque containers and/or materials in or on human bodies. The system utilizes t... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120001632 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE CONTRAST A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a data acquisition unit and an image data generating unit. The data acquisition unit acquires MR signals for imaging by an imaging scan with a frequency-selective or slice-selective radio frequency intermediate pulse for c... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120001633 | MR IMAGING USING PARALLEL SIGNAL ACQUISITION The invention relates to a method of MR imaging of at least a portion of a body (10) of a patient placed in an examination volume of an MR device (1). The object of the invention is to provide an improved, i.e. faster, parallel imaging technique. The inven... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110314662 | CONTINUOUS MECHANICAL TUNING OF TRANSFORMERS INSERTED IN RF-SAFE TRANSMISSION LINES FOR INTERVENTIONAL MRI A transformer line (46) extends through a catheter or other interventional instrument (30) that is to be used in the examination region (14) of a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus (10). The transformer line includes pairs of transformer wi... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110316536 | RAPID SAMPLE EXCHANGE FOR MINIATURIZED NMR SPECTROMETER A method is provided for acquiring multiple NMR response signal data in rapid succession for averaging NMR spectral data from a sample. The fluid sample is placed in a capillary that extends through the magnetic field of the NMR spectrometer, including through the cente... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110309831 | SIDE CHAIN DEUTERATED AMINO ACIDS AND METHODS OF USE Protein structural determination using NMR techniques is improved through use of proteins in which one or more amino acids in the peptidic sequence are isotopically enriched in the sidechain with 2H and are isotopically enriched on the backbone with 13 12/22/2011 | |
