Synthetic images for a magnetic resonance imaging scanner using linear combination of source images to generate contrast and spatial navigation

H Jara - US Patent 6,823,205, 2004 - Google Patents
2. Background Information In magnetic resonance image Scanning (MRI scanning), images
of a Subject, usually a patient's body, are produced through the interaction of a magnetic …

Field image tomography for magnetic resonance imaging

M Subbarao - US Patent 8,378,682, 2013 - Google Patents
7,800,368 B2* 9/2010 Vaughan et al............... 324,318 8,008,625 B2* 8/2011
Subbarao...................... 250,362 radial direction around the emission Source. g is related to …

Coil arrays for parallel imaging in magnetic resonance imaging

H Fujita, PH Chan, D Chu, J Murphy-Boesch… - US Patent …, 2005 - Google Patents
US6975115B1 - Coil arrays for parallel imaging in magnetic resonance imaging - Google
Patents US6975115B1 - Coil arrays for parallel imaging in magnetic resonance imaging …

Parallel magnetic resonance imaging techniques using radiofrequency coil arrays

DK Sodickson - US Patent 6,717,406, 2004 - Google Patents
Advanced processing techniques can be used to enhance the robustness, efficiency, and
quality of Several parallel imag ing techniques, such as SMASH, SENSE and Subencoding …

Synthetic images for a magnetic resonance imaging scanner using linear combinations of source images

H Jara - US Patent 7,002,345, 2006 - Google Patents
The invention consists of three image-postprocessing phases for the purposes of generating
high-quality quantitative MR images (proton density (PD), T1, and T2) as well as high quality …

Parallel magnetic resonance imaging techniques using radiofrequency coil arrays

DK Sodickson - US Patent 6,965,232, 2005 - Google Patents
G01R33/561—Image enhancement or correction, eg subtraction or averaging techniques,
eg improvement of signal-to-noise ratio and resolution by reduction of the scanning time, ie …

Optimized MRI strip array detectors and apparatus, systems and methods related thereto

PA Bottomley, A Kumar - US Patent 7,816,918, 2010 - Google Patents
Featured is a device for NMR or MRI signals from excited nuclei as well as related
apparatus, systems and methods. The device includes a strip array antenna including one or …

Method for mode formation, method for mode provision, and reception unit for a magnetic resonance device

A Reykowski, M Vester - US Patent 7,098,659, 2006 - Google Patents
A reception unit for an MR device with at least two local antennas has a combination
network to which the antennas are connected separately for combination of the antenna …

Receiving surface coils used during thermal ablation procedure

H Chang, C Yao, SC Hwang - US Patent App. 12/652,450, 2011 - Google Patents
In one aspect, the invention features a magnetic resonance imaging system to be used over
a target area of a subject. Such a system includes first and second RF coils for receiving an …

Method of MRI image reconstruction from partially acquired data in two or more dimensions using a multidimensional inverse transform technique

EM Haacke, Y Xu - US Patent 6,560,353, 2003 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method of complex image reconstruction from partially acquired data in
two or more dimensions is presented. This method uses an iterative multidimensional …