Methods and Apparatus to Improve MRI Efficiency
TS-062627 — Magnetic Resonance Imaging (“MRI”) is one of the most important modern medical imaging modalities. It has far less risk of side effects than most other imaging modalities. Generally, a high quality image requires high signal-to-noise ratio, high contrast between normal and pathological t…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Wang, Jinghua
- Licensing Officer: Panic, Ana
MRI Transmit Field Estimation in K-space Domain
TS-062329 — The Need: Medical imaging plays a crucial role in diagnosing various diseases, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has emerged as one of the most important imaging modalities due to its safety and effectiveness. Unlike other imaging methods that use ionizing radiation, MRI poses far fewer risks to …
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Wang, Jinghua; Ding, Yu
- Licensing Officer: Panic, Ana
Optimizing Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) protocols
TS-062328 — The Need
Medical imaging plays a crucial role in modern healthcare, aiding in the accurate diagnosis and treatment of various diseases. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a widely used non-invasive imaging modality that offers significant advantages over other techniques due to its lack of ionizin…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Wang, Jinghua; He, Lili; Lu, Zhong-Lin; Parikh, Nehal
- Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
Correcting Signal Inhomogeneity in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
TS-062309 — The Need: Signal intensity inhomogeneity in Magnetic Resonance (MR) imaging presents a significant challenge, leading to degradation in image quality, obstructed diagnoses, reduced accuracy in quantitative analyses, and increased inter-scanner variability. The lack of effective inhomogeneity correct…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Wang, Jinghua; Constable, Robert; Lu, Zhong-Lin
- Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
Accurate Characterization of Signal Coil Receive Sensitivity in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
TS-062307 — The Need: Accurate characterization of receiver sensitivity is crucial for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques, particularly fast MRI using multi-channel coils. Different coils sample various parts of the k-space simultaneously during parallel MRI, and the final image's accuracy depends …
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Wang, Jinghua; Lu, Zhong-Lin
- Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
Methods and Apparatus to estimate phase of radiofrequency field
TS-037437 — A technique for estimating magnetic resonance imaging absolute phase to enhance machine efficiency and versatility.
Estimating absolute phase of Radiofrequency (RF) field including both the transmit field and receive sensitivity is very important for various stages of the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) procedure. It can be used for mulit-transmit, RF shimming, parallel imaging reconstruction, electric propert…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Wang, Jinghua; Ding, Yu
- Licensing Officer: Panic, Ana