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7620440 Direct temporal encoding of spatial information  
An improved imaging technique and apparatus for direct temporal encoding of spatial information of an object is presented. The signal collected from the object after application of excitation...
7619410 System and method for accelerated magnetic resonance parallel imaging  
A system and method for MR imaging includes the use of a form of autocalibrated parallel imaging. By combining a segmented, rotated acquisition trajectory with autocalibration parallel imaging...
7610077 Quantitation of sample properties using contrast enhancement from saturation transfer  
The manipulation of RF irradiation to a subject in which a CEST agent has been administered is employed to determine a biological parameter in vivo in conjunction with an MRI imaging process. The...
7609064 Probe configured for NMR apparatus and NMR apparatus using the same  
A probe for a nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus comprises: a transmission coil for irradiating a sample with a high-frequency electromagnetic wave; and a receiving coil for detecting a nuclear...
7609061 Demagnetized implant for magnetic resonance imaging  
A method of operating a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system is described. A magnetic element in an implanted medical device is demagnetized by exposing it to an external demagnetizing magnetic...
7609060 Non iterative shimming in magnetic resonance imaging in the presence of high LIPID levels  
For the brain, a variety of automated non-iterative shimming methods using phase evolution derived B 0 maps have been reported. These methods assume that there is only a single chemical species...
7609059 Magnetic resonance method and apparatus with nuclear spins type-specific signal suppression  
A method in the form of a sequence for magnetic resonance imaging with which image data of a subject to be examined are acquired and with which signals of nuclear spins of a specific type are...
7609058 Method and apparatus for generating a magnetic resonance data file  
In a method for operating a magnetic resonance imaging system to generate a magnetic resonance data file, raw magnetic resonance data are acquired, and k-space is established in a computerized...
7606610 Rapid three-dimensional magnetic resonance angiography  
A method for imaging a patient. An apparatus for imaging a patient including a magnetic resonance imager having a controller and a memory in communication with the controller. The controller causes...
7605587 Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus  
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus is provide that includes static magnetic field generation means arranged around an imaging space where an examinee is to be located and generating a static...
7605001 Method of multidimensional NMR with simultaneous plural magnetization transfer, and NMR pulse sequence thereof  
There is disclosed an NMR measurement method of observing plural magnetization transfer patterns in one experiment and observing their respective time-modulated, evolved chemical shifts. In an...
7603157 Method and magnetic resonance imaging apparatus for compensating contrast inhomogeneities in magnetic resonance images  
In a method and magnetic resonance apparatus for compensation of contrast inhomogeneities in magnetic resonance images caused by spatial distributions of the radio frequency field associated with...
7602186 RF coil system for an MRI system with a fixed coil and with a moving coil part below the patient support  
The present invention relates to an RF system for a magnetic resonance imaging device ( 13 ). The RF system comprises an RF transmitter coil subsystem and an RF receiver coil subsystem ( 18 ),...
7602184 Magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging with short echo times  
Radio frequency (rf) pulses are applied to a sample to produce magnetic resonance (MR) echo signals from the sample at multiple different echo times. Magnetic field gradients are applied to the...
7602183 K-T sparse: high frame-rate dynamic magnetic resonance imaging exploiting spatio-temporal sparsity  
A method of dynamic resonance imaging is provided. A magnetic resonance imaging excitation is applied. Data in 2 or 3 spatial frequency dimensions, and time is acquired, where an acquisition order...
7602182 Magnetic resonance system having a base body and a patient bed and inductive or capacitive signal transmission  
A magnetic resonance system has a base body embodying a magnet system that generates magnetic fields in an excitation region, a patient bed that is movable, with a patient thereon through the base...
7602181 Apparatus and method for generating a magnetic field by rotation of a charge holding object  
A device and a method for the production of a magnetic field using a Charge Holding Object that is mechanically rotated. In a preferred embodiment, a Charge Holding Object surrounding a sample...
7602180 System and method for fast texture-based tensor field visualization for DT-MRI  
A method for visualizing diffusion-tensor magnetic resonance images, including the steps of providing a diffusion-tensor magnetic resonance image (DT-MRI) volume, positioning and orienting a...
7602179 System and method for multi-echo bandwidth match imaging  
A system and method for medical imaging includes an improvement to the MP-RAGE pulse sequence that enables the readout bandwidth thereof to be matched to that of other pulse sequences used in the...
7598738 Complete structure elucidation of molecules utilizing single NMR experiment  
The complete structure of a molecule of interest is determined from a single NMR experiment utilizing a single NMR pulse sequence. The experiment utilizes the same pulse sequence for acquiring...
7598737 Method and control device for determination of the position of a local coil in a magnetic resonance apparatus  
In a method for determination of a position of a local coil on a bed in at least one spatial direction within a magnetic resonance scanner, a signal intensity value is initially, extracted from...
7596402 MRI probe designs for minimally invasive intravascular tracking and imaging applications  
A probe suitable for attachment to, or incorporation in, a medical interventional device, such as a catheter, and which may be employed for tracking, imaging, or both, includes a first material...
7595639 System and method of angular elliptic centric view ordering for 3D MR acquisitions  
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus includes an MRI system having a plurality of gradient coils positioned about a bore of a magnet. An RF transceiver system and an RF switch are...
7595638 Apparatus and method for detecting metallic objects in shoes  
An inspection system positions a balancing shim to asymmetrically balance a magnetic field generated by an inductive sensor, which forms part of the inspection system. Additionally, relays and...
7592810 MRI methods for combining separate species and quantifying a species  
A method for generating a magnetic resonance images is provided. A first species signal for a first species is generated from magnetic resonance data. A second signal is generated from the magnetic...
7592809 Hybrid k-t method of dynamic imaging with improved spatiotemporal resolution  
Variable-density (VD), sequentially-interleaved sampling of k-space coupled with the acquisition of reference frames of data is carried out to improve spatiotemporal resolution, image quality, and...
7592808 System and method for reducing MR scan time using partial fourier acquisition and compressed sensing  
A system and method for reducing the scan time of an MR imaging system using a data acquisition technique that combines partial Fourier acquisition and compressed sensing includes a computer...
7592807 Maximum likelihood estimator in the presence of non-identically distributed noise for decomposition of chemical species in MRI  
A method of separating signals from at least two species in a body using echo-coherent time magnetic resonance imaging is provided. A plurality of echo signals is acquired at acquisition times...
7587232 Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, magnetic resonance data processing apparatus, magnetic resonance data processing program and magnetic resonance imaging apparatus control method  
Image reconstruction is executed by using magnetic resonance signals obtained by asynchronous multi-slice dynamic imaging without using any ECG-gated technique to obtain a plurality of MR images...
7587231 Water fat separated magnetic resonance imaging method and system using steady-state free-precession  
Water-fat separated magnetic resonance (MR) images with balanced steady-state free precession (SSFP) are produced. The acquired SSFP signals are isolated into multiple echo components in which the...
7586306 Simultaneously cycled NMR spectroscopy  
The present invention relates to a method for simultaneously conducting multiple steps of a cycle of a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiment without the use of pulsed magnetic field gradients...
7583992 Magnetic resonance angiography with automated vessel segmentation  
A magnetic resonance angiogram (MRA) is acquired using a contrast enhancement method in which a series of NMR images are rapidly acquired during a time resolved phase of the examination in which...
7583083 Radio-frequency acquisition device for a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus  
A radio-frequency acquisition device for a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus has at least one reception antenna for acquisition of magnetic resonance signals and with an amplifier device to...
7583082 Partially parallel magnetic resonance imaging using arbitrary k-space trajectories with image reconstruction based on successive convolution operations  
In a first step of image formation by MRI or the like, a gridding convolution is performed for each coil using a Kaiser-Bessel kernel, so that each coil channel now contains data on grid points. In...
7579834 Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and magnetic resonance imaging method  
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a data acquisition unit and an image data generating unit. The data acquisition unit acquires data according to a sequence derived by adding a...
7576539 Method and apparatus for reconstructing parallel-acquired image  
The invention discloses a method and an apparatus for reconstructing a parallel-acquired image, comprising: generating reconstruction data by combining uniformly under-sampled data and...
7576537 RF pulse applying method with an MRI apparatus which reduces vertical magnetization  
The present invention aims to receive a signal of tissue long in T2 at a relatively high level and suppress artifacts. When a magnetic resonance frequency of a component intended for measurement is...
7576536 MRI method and apparatus for adaptive channel reduction in parallel imaging  
The subject invention pertains to method and apparatus for parallel imaging. The subject method can be utilized with imaging systems utilizing parallel imaging techniques. In a specific embodiment,...
7576535 Multi-compartment separation in magnetic resonance using transient steady-state free precession imaging  
Disclosed is a method of quantitatively separating tissue signals based on relaxation time differences. The method uses the transient signal decay in steady-state free precession (balanced SSFP)...
7573269 Method and apparatus for acquiring magnetic resonance imaging data  
A method for generating a magnetic resonance image of a moving subject comprises tracking the position and orientation of a target volume and modifying acquisition parameters for each line of...
7573268 Direct imaging of neural currents using ultra-low field magnetic resonance techniques  
Using resonant interactions to directly and tomographically image neural activity in the human brain using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques at ultra-low field (ULF), the present...
7573267 System and method for active MR tracking  
A system and method for active MR tracking includes a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system having a plurality of gradient coils positioned about a bore of a magnet, an RF coil assembly...
7573266 Method and magnetic resonance system for adjustment of the field strength of RF pulses  
In a method for adjustment of the field strength of radio-frequency pulses as well as a magnetic resonance measurement system, radio-frequency pulses are emitted by a radio-frequency antenna of a...
7573265 Complex threshold method for reducing noise in nuclear magnetic resonance images  
A method of removing noise while preserving signal in nuclear magnetic resonance images combines steps of performing a magnitude threshold filter and performing a phase threshold filter on the...
7573264 Atomic magnetic gradiometer for room temperature high sensitivity magnetic field detection  
A laser-based atomic magnetometer (LBAM) apparatus measures magnetic fields, comprising: a plurality of polarization detector cells to detect magnetic fields; a laser source optically coupled to...
7570985 Method and apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging using contrast agent  
Monitor scans are performed before imaging scans with respect to a patient injected with a contrast agent. Magnetic resonance images of a plurality of slices of the patient are acquired, usually...
7570054 Dynamic magnetic resonance inverse imaging using linear constrained minimum variance beamformer  
An fMRI scan is performed using a multi-element head coil and multi-channel receiver to acquire time course image data. One imaging gradient is eliminated from the pulse sequence used to acquire...
7570053 NMR measurement method  
There is disclosed an NMR measurement method and NMR apparatus in which the temperature of the NMR detection coil or the RF irradiation coil hardly varies if pulsed RF power is applied to the coil...
7570051 MR tomography with a system for contrast optimization of MRT images  
An MR tomography apparatus has a system for contrast optimization of MRT images, with: an input unit for measurement parameters such as, for example, TR, TE, FOV, matrix size, flip angle, . . ....
7570050 Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and method  
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a movement unit which moves a subject placed in a static magnetic field, a collector which collects data corresponding to a magnetic resonance signal...