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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183865 | Magnetic resonance system and method for correction of movement artifacts In a method and magnetic resonance (MR) for correction of movement in the acquisition of MR images of an examination region, wherein the movement that occurs between the acquisition of data of spatially different slices of the examination region is taken into accoun... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184878 | Image diagnosis support system and image diagnosis support method Specific information for specifying a specific study or series for which an object, which is obtained by adding at least one information of a scan condition, a scan range, and a key image position as a basis of a diagnosis in an image, is to be generated is specifie... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8174264 | Magnetic resonance diagnostic apparatus, magnetic resonance diagnostic main unit and coil unit An magnetic resonance diagnostic apparatus which includes a main unit and a coil unit, the magnetic resonance diagnostic apparatus including a sampling clock generating unit which generates a sampling clock signal, a sampling clock transmitting unit wirelessly trans... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169219 | Slice selective MRI excitation with reduced power deposition using multiple transmit channels Described are embodiments for slice-selective excitation for MRI that utilize multiple RF transmit coils, each of which are driven with a separate independent current waveform. These embodiments allow slice-selective excitation with slice profile and excitation time... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165365 | Method and system for displaying tomosynthesis images An embodiment of a method for displaying a volume obtained by tomosynthesis includes displaying a two-dimensional image. It further includes receiving user input that defines on the displayed image at least one volume of interest associated with a two-dimensional re... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159220 | Nuclear magnetic resonance gyroscope mechanization One embodiment of the invention includes a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) gyroscope system. The system includes a gyro cell that is sealed to enclose an alkali metal vapor, a first gyromagnetic isotope, a second gyromagnetic isotope, and a third gyromagnetic isoto... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154289 | Method for joint sparsity-enforced k-space trajectory and radiofrequency pulse design A system and method is provided for simultaneously designing a radiofrequency (“RF”) pulse waveform and a magnetic field gradient waveform in a magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) system. The method includes determining a desired pattern of RF excitation and ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155429 | Apparatus and method for generating a two-dimensional representation of an object portion arbitrarily arranged within an object For generating a two-dimensional representation of an object portion arbitrarily arranged within an object, a first image comprising the object, and subsequently a second image comprising the object are generated by means of an imaging device while the object and th... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155464 | Image compression unit, image decompression unit, and ultrasonic diagnostic device An image compression unit includes a block divider that divides image data into a plurality of blocks, a DCT portion that subjects the image data of each block to DCT, a quantization factor output portion that outputs a quantization factor as a numerical value indic... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154287 | System and method for ghost magnetic resonance imaging A system and method enables the creation of medical images using data related to ghost artifacts. The method thus allows components of an imaged subject to be segmented based on state changes in the components that lead to the controlled production of ghost artifact... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8148979 | Selective magnetic resonance imaging Techniques and systems for magnetic resonance imaging are disclosed in this specification. In one aspect, imaging of tissues having short transverse relaxation times T2 is described including short echo time (TE) signal acquisition preceded by suppression of ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144953 | Multi-scale analysis of signal enhancement in breast MRI A method for computer assisted lesion detection in magnetic resonance (MR) images includes acquiring dynamic contrast enhanced (DCE) MR images. The images are processed to produce a subtraction image illustrating change in voxel enhancement between the images. A Gau... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143896 | Microcoil magnetic resonance detectors The present invention provides microcoil magnetic resonance based modules, detection devices, and methods for their use. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a module including a microcoil possessing an inner diameter of between 25 microns and 550 microns,... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8138762 | Coil decoupling for an RF coil array An MRI phase RF coil array includes a plurality of separate RF coil elements where each coil element has a pre-amplifier circuit with a conditioning circuit in advance of the transistor including an inductor and capacitors connected across the input of preamplifier.... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139829 | Diagnostic imaging support system and diagnostic imaging support program A diagnostic imaging support system includes input means (15) for setting a characteristic quantity for performing a predetermined threshold processing for a bone region in an image of a subject; control means (10) for reading out the image from storag... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134365 | Methods of in-vitro analysis using time-domain NMR spectroscopy An in vitro method of determining an analyte concentration of a sample includes placing the sample into a low-field, bench-top time-domain nuclear magnetic resonance (TD-NMR) spectrometer. The NMR spectrometer is tuned to measure a selected type of atom. A magnetic ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134368 | Detecting quench in a magnetic resonance examination system The present invention relates to a magnetic resonance examination system (10) and to a method of operating such a magnetic resonance examination system (10). In particular the present invention relates to a magnetic resonance examination system (10 | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134366 | Medical diagnostic device comprising an operating element for controlling system components The invention relates to a medical diagnostic device comprising an operating element for controlling system components of the medical diagnostic device, said device comprising at least one operating lever which is embodied in such a way that it has at least one feat... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131052 | Method of processing an image A method of processing an input image produces an output image emphasizing peak-like structures. The input image comprises input pixels and each input pixel has an intensity characteristic. The output image comprises corresponding output pixels and each output pixel... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131030 | Receiving apparatus Each of detecting circuits 36a, 36d, 36f, and 36h detects a key signal such as a horizontal synchronization signal, a vertical synchronization signal, a capsule ID, a WB coefficient, and error information, i.e.... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125224 | Method of and apparatus for in-situ measurement of degradation of automotive fluids and the like by micro-electron spin resonance (ESR) spectrometry A method of and miniaturized apparatus adapted for in-situ measurement of degradation of automotive fluids and the like by micro-electron spin resonance (ESR) spectrometry, wherein the use of a modulated constant magnetic field in an RF resonating variable frequency... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8116542 | Determining hazard of an aneurysm by change determination Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some implementations changes in an aneurysm in a patient over time are identified by determining temporal differences between segmented aneurysms in a plurality of longitudinal exams and visually presentin... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8111887 | Image processing method, image processing apparatus and image processing program Disclosed are an image processing method, an image processing apparatus, and an image processing program which perform appropriate gradation processing in each brightness region while gradation continuity is maintained. The image processing apparatus which applies i... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111070 | Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and magnetic resonance imaging method A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an imaging condition acquisition unit and an imaging unit. The imaging condition acquisition unit acquires at least one of optimum amplitude and optimum phase of a radio frequency transmission signal so as to reduce a ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111886 | Reconstruction stabilizer and active vision A method for stabilizing the reconstruction of an imaged volume is presented. The method includes the steps of performing an analysis of the reliability of reconstruction of a radioactive-emission density distribution of the volume from radiation detected over a spe... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8103072 | Method and system for identifying biological specimen slides using unique slide fingerprints Method and system for processing specimen slides. A first image of a unique feature, such as a fiducial mark, of a specimen slide is acquired, and a second image of the same region of a fiducial mark is acquired at a later time. The first and second fiducial mark im... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102178 | Detector arrangement A detector arrangement with a plurality of detector units is disclosed, to each of which a data processing unit is assigned. An embodiment of the detector arrangement includes a cooling system with cooling units which are thermoconductively connected to the detector... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098068 | Systems and methods for parametric mapping for correction of noise-based systematic bias of DTI metrics, using a DTI mapping phantom A system and method for minimizing, if not completely eliminating, the systematic bias present in an MR system used for DTI is disclosed. A test object or “phantom” of the present invention is scanned with a desired DTI protocol. The eigenvalues measured with th... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8093899 | Magnetic field probe and method for manufacturing the same A magnetic field probe comprises a sample that exhibits magnetic resonance at an operating frequency, an electrically conductive structure surrounding the sample for receiving a magnetic resonance signal therefrom, and a solid jacket encasing the sample and the cond... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8089281 | Doubly resonant high field radio frequency surface coils for magnetic resonance A radio frequency coil comprises an annular conductor or parallel annular conductors (22, 22c, 22d) configured to support: (i) a uniform electrical current distribution generating a first B1 field (B1,uniform) at a f... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090172 | Robust segmentation of breast and muscle in MRI A method for segmenting an anatomical structure within medical image data includes acquiring medical image data. The medical image data is transformed from an original image space into a projective dual image space. A boundary of an anatomical structure is identifie... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8085040 | Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and magnetic resonance imaging method A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit which applies a labeling pulse to invert a spin included in a labeling region within part of a imaging region and then collects a echo signal from a time point when an inversion time has passed from the... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8086001 | Utilizing physiological models to control functional acquisitions Adaptively controlling an imaging system (200, 205) includes constructing model feature characteristics (105) of a process over time, determining parameters and commands (110) for controlling the imaging system for each state of the process, per... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8076934 | Black-blood steady-state free precession magnetic resonance imaging In an imaging method, periodic maintenance radio frequency pulses (α, −α) are applied to maintain a steady state magnetic resonance excitation in an imaging region. Readout (66) of imaging data from the imaging region is performed during selected interval... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8076936 | Reducing imaging-scan times for MRI systems Provided are methods and systems for rapid MRI imaging-scanning that provides 2D or 3D coverage, high precision, and high-temporal efficiency, without exceeding SAR limits. In one embodiment, a pulse sequence process is performed that includes a T1ρ prep... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8067937 | Probe and system for electron spin resonance imaging ESR imaging probe, system, and method are described. The probe is an ex-situ probe, the system comprises the probe and configured for operating the probe, and the method comprises detecting ESR from outside a resonator of the probe. An exemplary embodiment of a prob... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8067940 | Tubular magnetic resonance surface coil, and method and system for processing signals therefrom In a method and system for processing radio frequency signals of a tubular surface coil, the N channels of coil output signals are generated based on M channels of radio frequency signals acquired by M coil units in the tubular surface coil, wherein N is an even num... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8063638 | Liquid dielectric gradient coil system and method Magnetic resonance imaging systems having gradient coil assemblies employing a liquid dielectric medium are provided. In one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging system includes a gradient coil assembly with a plurality of gradient coils. In the gradient coil as... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8063639 | Dual-use NMR probe An NMR probe comprising an RF resonator 48 serves in a first mode for conventional sensitivity optimized studies of abundant samples at frequency ω0, and in a second mode for independent sensitivity optimized studies of micro sample quantities at ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8063640 | Method and device for measuring a sample in an NMR spectrometer using a coupling configuration with a press fit cell having a capillary envelope fastener A method for measuring an sample in an NMR spectrometer uses a coupling configuration (1; 30) comprising a coupling element (3) and a supply capillary (2), wherein the coupling element (3) has a funnel-shaped section (5) which clam... | 11/22/2011 |
