72 patents
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Eddy Current Mitigation Systems and Methods
12 Oct 23
Techniques for compensating for presence of eddy currents during the operation of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system in accordance with a pulse sequence, the pulse sequence comprising a gradient waveform associated with a target gradient field.
Hadrien A. Dyvorne, Cedric Hugon, Rafael O’Halloran, Laura Sacolick
Filed: 22 May 23
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Radio Frequency Coil Methods and Apparatus
12 Oct 23
Aspects relate to providing radio frequency components responsive to magnetic resonance signals.
Michael Stephen Poole, Gregory L. Charvat, Todd Rearick, Jonathan M. Rothberg
Filed: 14 Jun 23
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Methods and Apparatus for Patient Positioning In Magnetic Resonance Imaging
28 Sep 23
According to some aspects, a magnetic resonance imaging system capable of imaging a patient is provided.
Anne Michele Nelson, Christopher Thomas McNulty, Jeremy Christopher Jordan, Michael Stephen Poole, Gang Chen
Filed: 20 Mar 23
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15 Aug 23
An apparatus for providing a B0 magnetic field for a magnetic resonance imaging system.
Michael Stephen Poole, Cedric Hugon, Christopher Thomas McNulty
Filed: 24 Nov 21
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Radio frequency coil tuning methods and apparatus
1 Aug 23
Some aspects comprise a tuning system configured to tune a radio frequency coil for use with a magnetic resonance imaging system comprising a tuning circuit including at least one tuning element configured to affect a frequency at which the radio frequency coil resonates, and a controller configured to set at least one value for the tuning element to cause the radio frequency coil to resonate at approximately a Larmor frequency of the magnetic resonance imaging system determined by the tuning system.
Todd Rearick, Jeremy Christopher Jordan, Gregory L. Charvat, Matthew Scot Rosen
Filed: 29 Mar 21
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Artefact reduction in magnetic resonance imaging
1 Aug 23
Techniques of prospectively compensating for motion of a subject being imaged by an MRI system, the MRI system comprising a plurality of magnetics components including at least one gradient coil and at least one radio-frequency (RF) coil, the techniques comprising: obtaining first spatial frequency data and second spatial frequency data by operating the MRI system in accordance with a pulse sequence, wherein the pulse sequence is associated with a sampling path that includes at least two non-contiguous portions each for sampling a central region of k-space; determining a transformation using a first image obtained using the first spatial frequency data and a second image obtained using the second spatial frequency data; correcting the pulse sequence using the determined transformation to obtain a corrected pulse sequence; and obtaining additional spatial frequency data in accordance with the corrected pulse sequence.
Carole Lazarus, Rafael O'Halloran, Hadrien A. Dyvorne
Filed: 23 Oct 20
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Eddy current mitigation systems and methods
11 Jul 23
Techniques for compensating for presence of eddy currents during the operation of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system in accordance with a pulse sequence, the pulse sequence comprising a gradient waveform associated with a target gradient field.
Hadrien A. Dyvorne, Cedric Hugon, Rafael O'Halloran, Laura Sacolick
Filed: 14 Aug 20
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Systems, devices, and methods for magnetic resonance imaging of infants
27 Jun 23
Provided herein are systems, devices, and methods to facilitate imaging an infant using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device.
Gang Chen, Anne Michele Nelson, Jacob Coumans, Eddy B. Boskamp
Filed: 1 May 20
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Radio-frequency coil signal chain for a low-field MRI system
30 May 23
A radio-frequency (RF) coil for use in a low-field magnetic resonance imaging system and methods of making the same are provided.
Hadrien A. Dyvorne, Todd Rearick
Filed: 23 Feb 21
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Noise suppression methods and apparatus
30 May 23
According to some aspects, a method of suppressing noise in an environment of a magnetic resonance imaging system is provided.
Todd Rearick, Gregory L. Charvat, Matthew Scot Rosen, Jonathan M. Rothberg
Filed: 2 Dec 21
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Systems and Methods for Low-field Fast Spin Echo Imaging
25 May 23
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system and method for acquiring magnetic resonance (MR) images using a pulse sequence implementing driven equilibrium and quadratic phase cycling techniques is provided.
Hadrien A. Dyvorne, Laura Sacolick, Rafael O'Halloran, Carole Lazarus
Filed: 19 Jan 23
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Permanent magnet assembly for magnetic resonance imaging with non-ferromagnetic frame
23 May 23
An assembly for providing a B0 magnetic field for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, the assembly comprising: a plurality of rods extending along a common longitudinal direction and positioned to form a bore extending along the common longitudinal direction, the plurality of rods including a first rod, the first rod comprising: ferromagnetic segments, each having a net magnetization in a plane that is substantially perpendicular to the common longitudinal direction; and non-ferromagnetic segments.
Cedric Hugon, Michael Stephen Poole
Filed: 9 Dec 20
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Ferromagnetic Frame for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
30 Mar 23
An apparatus for providing a B0 magnetic field for a magnetic resonance imaging system.
Cedric Hugon, Hadrien A. Dyvorne, Michael Stephen Poole
Filed: 9 Aug 22
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Deployable guard for portable magnetic resonance imaging devices
28 Mar 23
According to some aspects, an apparatus is provided comprising a deployable guard device, configured to be coupled to a portable medical imaging device, the deployable guard device further configured to, when deployed, inhibit encroachment within a physical boundary with respect to the portable medical imaging device.
Christopher Thomas McNulty, Michael Stephen Poole
Filed: 15 Dec 21
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Methods and apparatus for patient positioning in magnetic resonance imaging
21 Mar 23
According to some aspects, a magnetic resonance imaging system capable of imaging a patient is provided.
Anne Michele Nelson, Christopher Thomas McNulty, Jeremy Christopher Jordan, Michael Stephen Poole, Gang Chen
Filed: 15 Dec 21
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Artefact reduction in magnetic resonance imaging
7 Feb 23
Techniques for compensating magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data for artefacts caused by motion of a subject being imaged.
Carole Lazarus
Filed: 23 Oct 20
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Deep learning techniques for generating magnetic resonance images from spatial frequency data
31 Jan 23
Techniques for generating magnetic resonance (MR) images of a subject from MR data obtained by a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, the techniques include: obtaining input MR spatial frequency data obtained by imaging the subject using the MRI system; generating an MR image of the subject from the input MR spatial frequency data using a neural network model comprising: a pre-reconstruction neural network configured to process the input MR spatial frequency data; a reconstruction neural network configured to generate at least one initial image of the subject from output of the pre-reconstruction neural network; and a post-reconstruction neural network configured to generate the MR image of the subject from the at least one initial image of the subject.
Jo Schlemper, Seyed Sadegh Mohseni Salehi, Michal Sofka, Prantik Kundu, Carole Lazarus, Hadrien A. Dyvorne, Rafael O'Halloran, Laura Sacolick
Filed: 12 Mar 20
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Systems and methods for low-field fast spin echo imaging
24 Jan 23
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system and method for acquiring magnetic resonance (MR) images using a pulse sequence implementing driven equilibrium and quadratic phase cycling techniques is provided.
Hadrien A. Dyvorne, Laura Sacolick, Rafael O'Halloran, Carole Lazarus
Filed: 28 May 21
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Systems and methods for magnetic resonance imaging of infants
17 Jan 23
According to some aspects, a system configured to facilitate imaging an infant using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device is provided herein.
Jacobus Coumans, Christopher Thomas McNulty
Filed: 11 Mar 20
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Techniques for noise suppression in an environment of a magnetic resonance imaging system
29 Nov 22
Techniques for suppressing noise in an environment of a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system having at least one primary coil and at least one auxiliary sensor.
Laura Sacolick, Hadrien A. Dyvorne
Filed: 19 Nov 20