Patents by Inventor Jurgen Nistler

Jurgen Nistler has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11940513
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance tomography unit and a method for operating the magnetic resonance tomography unit are provided. The magnetic resonance tomography unit has a transmission interference suppression device with a transmission interference suppression control system, a sensor, and a transmission interference suppression antenna. The transmission interference suppression device is configured to acquire, with the sensor, an excitation signal of the transmitter, and determine, with the transmission interference suppression control system, a transmission interference suppression signal dependent upon the acquired excitation signal of the transmitter. The transmission interference suppression device is configured to transmit, via the transmission interference suppression antenna, the transmission interference suppression signal, so that at a predetermined location outside the magnetic resonance tomography unit, the excitation signal emitted by the transmitter via the transmitter antenna is attenuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Healthineers AG
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Jürgen Nistler, Markus Vester
  • Patent number: 11933868
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance tomography system that includes a transmitter for generating an excitation signal and a body coil for emitting the excitation signal, and a method for operation of the magnetic resonance tomography system are provided. The magnetic resonance tomography system has a patient tunnel, in which the body coil is arranged. The magnetic resonance tomography system also has a first transmission interference suppression antenna that is arranged between the body coil and an opening in the patient tunnel. The first transmission interference suppression antenna is configured to provide a spatial transmission characteristic that may be compared with the body coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Nistler, Markus Vester
  • Patent number: 11860252
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) unit includes a field magnet, a transmitter, and a transmitting antenna. The MRT unit also has a transmission interference suppression facility with a transmission interference suppression controller, a plurality of sensors, and a transmission interference suppression antenna. The transmission interference suppression facility is configured to pick up, with the sensors, an excitation signal of the transmitter, determine, with the transmission interference suppression controller, a transmission interference suppression signal as a function of the excitation signal of the transmitter, and emit the signal via the transmission interference suppression antenna, so that at a predetermined location outside of the MRT unit, an electromagnetic alternating field of an excitation signal emitted by the transmitter via the transmitting antenna is attenuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Nistler, Rainer Schneider, Georg Seegerer, Stephan Kannengießer
  • Publication number: 20230280425
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance tomography system with a sensor for detecting spikes and with a gradient coil. Nuclear spins of an object under observation are excited by a magnetic alternating field of the magnetic resonance tomography system. A gradient field is generated by the magnetic resonance tomography system using the gradient coil. A magnetic resonance signal is acquired using a receiving antenna of the magnetic resonance tomography system and an interference signal using the sensor. From the magnetic resonance signal an image is reconstructed as a function of the acquired interference signal of the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Rainer Schneider, Jürgen Nistler, Razvan Lazar, Stephan Biber
  • Patent number: 11550009
    Abstract: A method of operating a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus includes exciting a body coil of the MRI apparatus to emit a radio-frequency signal, determining a center frequency of a resonance curve of the body coil, and calculating a magnet target frequency based on the determined center frequency. A magnet is ramped to the magnet target frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Adrian Bampton, Markus Vester, Andre de Oliveira, Volker Model, Jürgen Nistler, Andreas Potthast, Adam Paul Johnstone
  • Publication number: 20220381860
    Abstract: A method of operating a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus includes exciting a body coil of the MRI apparatus to emit a radio-frequency signal, determining a center frequency of a resonance curve of the body coil, and calculating a magnet target frequency based on the determined center frequency. A magnet is ramped to the magnet target frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Adrian Bampton, Markus Vester, Andre de Oliveira, Volker Model, Jürgen Nistler, Andreas Potthast, Adam Paul Johnstone
  • Patent number: 11500051
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance tomography system has an interference suppression transmitter and an interference suppression antenna. The interference suppression transmitter is configured to output an interference suppression signal via the interference suppression antenna as a function of a transmission interference suppression parameter determined from a patient property. In a predetermined region of an environment of the magnetic resonance tomography system, a field strength of the excitation pulse is reduced by destructive interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Jürgen Nistler, Rainer Schneider, Markus Vester
  • Publication number: 20220317213
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance tomography unit includes a magnet unit having a magnetic controller for generating a homogenous magnetic field. The magnetic controller is configured to change the homogenous magnetic field in a short, predetermined time within image acquisition of an object under examination, such that a Larmor frequency for a predetermined layer of the object under examination remains in a predetermined frequency range. A layer in the object under examination is selected and a value for the homogenous magnetic field, in which the Larmor frequencies of the nuclear spins of the layer lie in a predetermined frequency band, is determined by a control unit taking into account a predetermined magnetic field gradient. The established value for the homogenous magnetic field and the predetermined magnetic field gradient is set by the magnetic controller, and an excitation pulse, frequencies of which only lie in the predetermined frequency band, is emitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Georg Seegerer, Stephan Kannengießer, Rainer Schneider, Jürgen Nistler, Markus Vester
  • Publication number: 20220291310
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) unit includes a field magnet, a transmitter, and a transmitting antenna. The MRT unit also has a transmission interference suppression facility with a transmission interference suppression controller, a plurality of sensors, and a transmission interference suppression antenna. The transmission interference suppression facility is configured to pick up, with the sensors, an excitation signal of the transmitter, determine, with the transmission interference suppression controller, a transmission interference suppression signal as a function of the excitation signal of the transmitter, and emit the signal via the transmission interference suppression antenna, so that at a predetermined location outside of the MRT unit, an electromagnetic alternating field of an excitation signal emitted by the transmitter via the transmitting antenna is attenuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Jürgen Nistler, Rainer Schneider, Georg Seegerer, Stephan Kannengießer
  • Publication number: 20220137168
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance tomography system that includes a transmitter for generating an excitation signal and a body coil for emitting the excitation signal, and a method for operation of the magnetic resonance tomography system are provided. The magnetic resonance tomography system has a patient tunnel, in which the body coil is arranged. The magnetic resonance tomography system also has a first transmission interference suppression antenna that is arranged between the body coil and an opening in the patient tunnel. The first transmission interference suppression antenna is configured to provide a spatial transmission characteristic that may be compared with the body coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Jürgen Nistler, Markus Vester
  • Publication number: 20220082642
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance tomography unit and a method for operating the magnetic resonance tomography unit are provided. The magnetic resonance tomography unit has a transmission interference suppression device with a transmission interference suppression control system, a sensor, and a transmission interference suppression antenna. The transmission interference suppression device is configured to acquire, with the sensor, an excitation signal of the transmitter, and determine, with the transmission interference suppression control system, a transmission interference suppression signal dependent upon the acquired excitation signal of the transmitter. The transmission interference suppression device is configured to transmit, via the transmission interference suppression antenna, the transmission interference suppression signal, so that at a predetermined location outside the magnetic resonance tomography unit, the excitation signal emitted by the transmitter via the transmitter antenna is attenuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Jürgen Nistler, Markus Vester
  • Patent number: 11226384
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for operating a magnetic resonance tomograph. A transmitter of the magnetic resonance tomograph transmits a predetermined test pulse with a reduced power. The magnetic resonance tomograph receives the test pulse with the local coil. A controller compares the received test pulse with a predetermined pulse response and emits a warning signal when the received test signal differs from the predetermined pulse response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Nistler, Volker Matschl, Stephan Biber, Rainer Kurth, Christian Wünsch, Georg Martschenko
  • Patent number: 11193997
    Abstract: A method of operating a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus includes exciting a body coil of the MRI apparatus to emit a radio-frequency signal, determining a center frequency of a resonance curve of the body coil, and calculating a magnet target frequency based on the determined center frequency. A magnet is ramped to the magnet target frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Adrian Bampton, Markus Vester, Andre de Oliveira, Volker Model, Jürgen Nistler, Andreas Potthast, Adam Paul Johnstone
  • Publication number: 20210356540
    Abstract: A method of operating a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus includes exciting a body coil of the MRI apparatus to emit a radio-frequency signal, determining a center frequency of a resonance curve of the body coil, and calculating a magnet target frequency based on the determined center frequency. A magnet is ramped to the magnet target frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Adrian Bampton, Markus Vester, Andre de Oliveira, Volker Model, Jürgen Nistler, Andreas Potthast, Adam Paul Johnstone
  • Publication number: 20210325494
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance tomography system has an interference suppression transmitter and an interference suppression antenna. The interference suppression transmitter is configured to output an interference suppression signal via the interference suppression antenna as a function of a transmission interference suppression parameter determined from a patient property. In a predetermined region of an environment of the magnetic resonance tomography system, a field strength of the excitation pulse is reduced by destructive interference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Jürgen Nistler, Rainer Schneider, Markus Vester
  • Patent number: 11137469
    Abstract: A calibration method for calibrating a measuring element for determining an electric current flowing through a basic-field magnet of a magnetic resonance imaging system includes performing a measurement with the measuring element, and performing a frequency measurement in the magnetic field of the basic-field magnet with a frequency measuring unit. The measurement of the measuring element and the frequency measurement are corresponding to the same magnetic field of the basic-field magnet. The calibration method also includes calculating a calibration factor based on a deviation between the measurement with the measuring element and the frequency measurement, and calibrating the measuring element or the electric current in the basic-field magnet based on the calibration factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Adrian Bampton, Stephan Biber, Adam Paul Johnstone, Jürgen Nistler, Andreas Potthast, Markus Vester, Andre de Oliveira
  • Patent number: 11131730
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance coil having at least one tuning device for tuning the magnetic resonance coil, a magnetic resonance device, and a method for tuning a magnetic resonance coil are provided. The at least one tuning device includes a plurality of capacitors that are mechanically interlinked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Ludwig Eberler, Razvan Lazar, Volker Matschl, Jürgen Nistler, Martin Schramm
  • Patent number: 11073582
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance tomography unit and a method for operating the magnetic resonance tomography unit are provided. The magnetic resonance tomography unit includes a transmitter for generating excitation pulses with a wavelength lambda, an antenna for emitting the excitation pulses, a feed line, and a voltage sensor. The voltage sensor is arranged on the feed line at an effective distance corresponding to a multiple of half the wavelength lambda from a feed point on the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Martschenko, Jürgen Nistler, Markus Vester, Christian Wünsch
  • Patent number: 10930428
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a compensation capacitor for an antenna of a magnetic resonance scanner and a corresponding antenna with a compensation capacitor. The compensation capacitor has a first electrode and a second electrode arranged in parallel. An insulation material configured to resist high voltages and a dielectric with low dielectric losses are arranged between the first and the second electrode. The second electrode and/or the dielectric may be moved relative to the first electrode such that a surface area of a projection of the surface of the first electrode along the surface normal of the first electrode to the surface of the second electrode and/or the dielectric is variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Ludwig Eberler, Razvan Lazar, Volker Matschl, Jürgen Nistler, Martin Schramm
  • Publication number: 20200363489
    Abstract: A calibration method for calibrating a measuring element for determining an electric current flowing through a basic-field magnet of a magnetic resonance imaging system includes performing a measurement with the measuring element, and performing a frequency measurement in the magnetic field of the basic-field magnet with a frequency measuring unit. The measurement of the measuring element and the frequency measurement are corresponding to the same magnetic field of the basic-field magnet. The calibration method also includes calculating a calibration factor based on a deviation between the measurement with the measuring element and the frequency measurement, and calibrating the measuring element or the electric current in the basic-field magnet based on the calibration factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Adrian Bampton, Stephan Biber, Adam Paul Johnstone, Jürgen Nistler, Andreas Potthast, Markus Vester, Andre de Oliveira