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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20130119983 | METHOD AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE SYSTEM TO GENERATE ANGIOGRAPHY IMAGES In the generation of MR angiography images of a predetermined three-dimensional volume segment of a living examination subject using means a magnetic resonance system, MR data in the volume segment are acquired by radial acquisition of k-space. The MR data are analyzed ... | 05/16/2013 |
| 20130119984 | TECHNIQUES FOR CORRECTING MEASUREMENT ARTIFACTS IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE THERMOMETRY Techniques for correcting measurement artifacts in MR thermometry predict or anticipate movements of objects in or near an MR imaging region that may potentially affect a phase background and then acquire a library of reference phase images corresponding to different ph... | 05/16/2013 |
| 20130119982 | Magnetic Resonance Tomography System, Receive Apparatus and Method A magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) system has a receive apparatus disposed in a magnetic field, in which a receive coil is coupled to an input of an analog/digital converter. The analog/digital converter is configured for this purpose. A digital output of the analog/... | 05/16/2013 |
| 20130119985 | MRI METHOD FOR RETROSPECTIVE MOTION CORRECTION WITH INTERLEAVED RADIAL ACQUISITION A motion-corrected magnetic resonance imaging method comprises: sequentially acquiring a plurality of interleaved magnetic resonance radial acquisition datasets using a magnetic resonance scanner; reconstructing each magnetic resonance radial acquisition dataset into a ... | 05/16/2013 |
| 20130113483 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a main magnet to generate a static magnetic field in an imaging region, a gradient coil assembly to form a gradient in the static magnetic field, a radio frequency (RF) coil assembly to apply a first RF pulse and second ... | 05/09/2013 |
| 20130113482 | METHOD TO GENERATE AN MR IMAGE, AND CORRESPONDING MAGNETIC RESONANCE SYSTEM To generate an MR image, acquired MR data are entered into k-space on multiple uniform trajectories in k-space within a predetermined time period. The trajectories are acquired chronologically in a predetermined order before a predetermined point in time, and in a diffe... | 05/09/2013 |
| 20130113481 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING ARTIFACT IN HIGHER ORDER DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) An apparatus and method for compensating for an artifact of higher order diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) are provided. The apparatus includes a construction unit configured to construct a diffusion q-space matrix, a correction unit configured to correct an im... | 05/09/2013 |
| 20130106416 | ROUTER AND COIL ARRAY FOR ULTRA HIGH FIELD MRI A router (60), for use with magnetic resonance systems (10), selectively routes unique excitation signals, generated by a multi-channel radio-frequency (RF) amplifier, over transmission lines (Tx) to any one of a plurality of connection panels (66) ... | 05/02/2013 |
| 20130106417 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND RF PULSE CONTROL METHOD Disclosed are a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and an RF pulse control method wherein an RF pulse sequence in a start-up sequence is set as a monotonically increasing flip angle with offset, in order to reduce ghosts, blurring, and other artifacts during measureme... | 05/02/2013 |
| 20130106414 | METHOD FOR RECORDING MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGE DATA WHEN USING A VENTILATION APPARATUS A method for recording magnetic resonance image data of a patient ventilated by means of a ventilation apparatus is provided. The method includes assigning influencing information describing the effect of a respiratory movement on the image data recording to pulse seque... | 05/02/2013 |
| 20130106415 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANALYSIS USING A PLURALITY OF PAIRS OF BIPOLAR GRADIENT PULSES A magnetic resonance method is disclosed. The method comprises applying to the sample a plurality of pairs of bipolar gradient pulse subsequences, acquiring a magnetic resonance signal from the sample, analyzing the signal, and issuing a report regarding the analysis.... | 05/02/2013 |
| 20130099785 | METHOD AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS TO ACQUIRE MR DATA IN A PREDETERMINED THREE-DIMENSIONAL VOLUME SEGMENT OF A SUBJECT Acquisition of magnetic resonance (MR) data in a predetermined three-dimensional volume segment of an examination subject with an MR apparatus proceeds by the volume segment being excited with an RF excitation pulse, and repeated, temporally sequential implementation of... | 04/25/2013 |
| 20130099786 | PARALLEL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING USING UNDERSAMPLED COIL DATA FOR COIL SENSITIVITY ESTIMATION A computer program product (1344, 1346, 1348) comprising machine executable instructions for performing a method of acquiring a magnetic resonance image (1342), the method comprising the steps of: acquiring (100, 200, 300) a set of coil array data (... | 04/25/2013 |
| 20130099784 | Method for Magnetic Resonance Imaging with Controlled Aliasing A method for imaging a subject with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system using controlled aliasing is provided. A radio frequency (RF) excitation field is applied to excite the spins in a volume-of-interest that may include multiple slice locations. Using the MRI s... | 04/25/2013 |
| 20130093423 | Phase Unwrapping in Phase Contrast MR Imaging Phase unwrapping is provided for phase contrast magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. The velocity values are unaliased. For a given location over time, a path over time through a directed graph of possible velocities at each time is determined by minimization of derivatives... | 04/18/2013 |
| 20130088227 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE-BASED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINATION OF OXYGEN SATURATION IN FLOWING BLOOD A method and system for determination of oxygen saturation in blood flowing in a vessel using magnetic resonance (MR). An MR image sequence is acquired with different echo time (TE) encoding, and different Fourier velocity encoding (FVE). A Fourier transformation is app... | 04/11/2013 |
| 20130088228 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING In a method and apparatus for magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, a magnetization of nuclear spins in a subject is prepared in multiple preparation modules of an acquisition sequence. MR signals are acquired with at least one imaging module of the sequence. Spoiler gradien... | 04/11/2013 |
| 20130088230 | METHOD OF RECONSTRUCTING A MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGE OF AN OBJECT CONSIDERING HIGHER-ORDER DYNAMIC FIELDS The invention relates to a method of acquiring a magnetic resonance image of an object employing spatial encoding by a gradient field, said gradient field comprising non-linear gradient field components, the method comprising: selecting (100) a limited set of spa... | 04/11/2013 |
| 20130088226 | MRI WITH FAT SUPPRESSION USING FAT DECOUPLING RF DURING PRE-SEQUENCE SHIMMING A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system and method uses an MRI gantry having a static magnet structure, controllable gradient magnet structures and at least one radio frequency (RF) coil for transmitting and receiving RF signals to and from an imaging volume. Control ... | 04/11/2013 |
| 20130088229 | Magnetic Resonance Examination with Instrument Detection An magnetic resonance examination system for examination of an object comprises an RF system to generate an RF transmission field and gradient system to generate temporary magnet gradient fields. A control module includes a sequence controller to control the RF system a... | 04/11/2013 |
| 20130085373 | HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTOR RECEIVER COIL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS COMPATIBLE WITH AN INFANT INCUBATOR Systems and methods which employ a high temperature superconductor (HTS) receiver coil configuration for MRI analysis of small volume subjects, such as infants, are shown. Embodiments provide a HTS tape RF phase array receiver coil implementation. The foregoing HTS tape... | 04/04/2013 |
| 20130082702 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING MAGNETIC RESONANCE DATA AND A MAGNETIC RESONANCE SYSTEM A method is disclosed for acquiring magnetic resonance (MR) data for a plurality of layers of an object to be examined in a section of a magnetic resonance system having a basic magnetic field, wherein the section is located at the edge of a Field of View of the magneti... | 04/04/2013 |
| 20130082703 | METHOD TO GENERATE MAGNETIC RESONANCE MEASUREMENT DATA WITH IMAGE CONTRAST SELECTED AND PRODUCED BY PREPARATION PULSES In a method and magnetic resonance apparatus to generate magnetic resonance measurement data, k-space corresponding to the examination region is subdivided into a first region and a second region. The first region includes the k-space center, and a ratio of preparation ... | 04/04/2013 |
| 20130082707 | Method for the Control of a Magnetic Resonance System A method for the control of a magnetic resonance system is provided. In a test phase before a magnetic resonance measurement, a test high-frequency pulse with several parallel individual high-frequency pulses is transmitted with a transmitter antenna arrangement over va... | 04/04/2013 |
| 20130082708 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING DEVICE AND TRANSMITTING SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTION CALCULATION METHOD B1 distribution is calculated in a short time with a high degree of precision, and a high quality image is obtained. In the RF shimming for irradiating electromagnetic waves using an RF coil having multiple channels, the absolute values of subtraction images between mul... | 04/04/2013 |
| 20130082705 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TIME SYNCHRONIZATION OF DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF A MAGNETIC RESONANCE SYSTEM A method for time synchronization of various components of a magnetic resonance system includes generating a series of amplitude-modulated radio-frequency pulses and associated gradient fields to deflect the magnetization of a slice detecting at least two spin signals, ... | 04/04/2013 |
| 20130082704 | METHOD AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS FOR NON-SELECTIVE EXCITATION OF NUCLEAR SPIN SIGNALS IN AN EXAMINATION SUBJECT In a method for non-selective excitation of nuclear spin signals in an examination subject with a magnetic resonance system, RF excitation pulses are radiated to excite nuclear spin signals in the examination subject with simultaneous switching of gradients for spatial ... | 04/04/2013 |
| 20130082706 | LOCAL ANTENNA DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING MAGNETIC RESONANCE SIGNALS A local antenna device for transmitting magnetic resonance (MR) signals of a plurality of MR receiving antenna elements to an MR signal processing device is provided. The local antenna device includes a plurality of analog-to-digital converters for scanning the MR signa... | 04/04/2013 |
| 20130076356 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD AND APPARATUS TO CORRECT DISTORTIONS DUE TO INHOMOGENEITIES OF THE BASIC MAGNETIC FIELD In a magnetic resonance method and system to correct spatial shifts in MR data, at least two measurement data sets are acquired, the additional measurement data set or sets being acquired while switching an additional gradient relative to acquisition of the first measur... | 03/28/2013 |
| 20130076354 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT MAGNETIC RESONANCE MEASUREMENTS IN AN INTRAORAL REGION The present embodiments relate to a magnetic resonance system for carrying out magnetic resonance measurements in an intraoral region. The magnetic resonance system includes a magnetic resonance coil element and an intraoral measuring device that measures the position o... | 03/28/2013 |
| 20130076357 | METHOD AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS TO GENERATE A SERIES OF MR IMAGES TO MONITOR A POSITION OF AN INTERVENTIONAL DEVICE In a magnetic resonance (MR) method and system to generate a series of MR images to monitor the position of an interventional device located in an examination region, radial scanning of k-space is combined with other scans, in particular for the k-space center. The meas... | 03/28/2013 |
| 20130076355 | Fast, Low Energy Deposition and Homogeneous T2 Weighted Variable Amplitude PSIF (T2 VAPSIF) Imaging in the Presence of B0inhomogeneities A method for acquiring medical images, including: applying, during a first period, a plurality of radio frequency (RF) pulses to an area of interest, wherein the RF pulses applied during the first period are Kaiser-Bessel pulses; applying, during a second period, a plur... | 03/28/2013 |
| 20130069646 | METHOD FOR THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PROTEIN PREPARATIONS BY MEANS OF NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE The invention relates to a method for the comparative analysis and control of the quality of a protein preparation by means of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometry. This method can be used to compare three-dimensional protein conformations in different protein ... | 03/21/2013 |
| 20130072428 | Methods and Compounds Regulating the Erythroid Response to Iron Deficiency The present invention discloses the signaling pathway involved erythroid repression by iron deficiency. Further disclosed is anon-toxic small-molecule compound which potently reverses the erythroid repression caused by iron deficiency. The present invention further enco... | 03/21/2013 |
| 20130069647 | TARGETED TRAVELLING WAVE MRI A travelling wave MRI apparatus is provided that includes a coaxial waveguide arrangement, a cavity for placing therein a subject or object to be imaged, a device for applying a static magnetic field, a device for applying gradient magnetic fields, a device for coupling... | 03/21/2013 |
| 20130069648 | METHOD AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER FOR HYPERINTENSE DISPLAY OF AREAS IN THE VICINITY OF DIPOLE FIELDS In a method and magnetic resonance apparatus for the hyperintense display of areas containing particles of magnetically active substances, in an examination region in a measurement volume of a magnetic resonance scanner, measurement data from the examination area are ge... | 03/21/2013 |
| 20130072780 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAGNETIC CURRENT DENSITY IMAGING AT ULTRA LOW MAGNETIC FIELDS Preferred systems can include an electrical impedance tomography apparatus electrically connectable to an object; an ultra low field magnetic resonance imaging apparatus including a plurality of field directions and disposable about the object; a controller connected to... | 03/21/2013 |
| 20130069650 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND HIGH-FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELD PULSE MODULATION METHOD Degradation of the slice excitation characteristics is prevented by making it possible to modulate a high frequency magnetic field pulse on the basis of a gradient magnetic field response that is actually used. In order to do so, an imaging pulse sequence including firs... | 03/21/2013 |
| 20130069644 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN MRI SYSTEM AND AN APPARATUS THEREFOR A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system includes a radio frequency (RF) coil which receives timing information about a pulse sequence and stores the timing information in a memory of the RF coil. Then, when an RF excitation signal is transmitted, the RF coil performs ... | 03/21/2013 |
| 20130069645 | CHARACTERIZATION OF N-GLYCAN MIXTURES BY NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE The present disclosure provides nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methods for characterizing mixtures of N-linked glycans. Without limitation, methods of the present disclosure may be useful in characterizing monosaccharide composition, branching, fucosylation, sulfation... | 03/21/2013 |
