Patents by Inventor Paulus Johannes Maria Folkers

Paulus Johannes Maria Folkers 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).

  • Magnetic resonance imaging method with a decay time function of sub-sampled acquisition data
    Patent number: 7035682
    Abstract: The degree of sub-sampling in magnetic resonance imaging is such that the ensuing acquisition time for receiving (echo) series of magnetic resonance signals due to an individual RF excitation is shorter than the decay time of such magnetic resonance signals. Preferably, a segmented scan of the k space is performed, the number of segments and the number of lines scanned in each segment being adjustable and a predetermined total number of lines being scanned. Preferably, a small number of segments is used such that the acquisition time for receiving the magnetic resonance signals for the complete magnetic resonance image is shorter than the process time of the dynamic process involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Johan Van Den Brink, Romhild Martijn Hoogeveen, Paulus Johannes Maria Folkers, Klaas Paul Pruessmann, Markus Weiger
  • Magnetic resonance imaging method with a decay time function of sub-sampled acquisition data
    Patent number: 6593740
    Abstract: The degree of sub-sampling in magnetic resonance imaging is such that the ensuing acquisition time for receiving (echo) series of magnetic resonance signals due to an individual RF excitation is shorter than the decay time of such magnetic resonance signals. Preferably, a segmented scan of the k space is performed, the number of segments and the number of lines scanned in each segment being adjustable and a predetermined total number of lines being scanned. Preferably, a small number of segments is used such that the acquisition time for receiving the magnetic resonance signals for the complete magnetic resonance image is shorter than the process time of the dynamic process involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Johan Van Den Brink, Romhild Martijn Hoogeveen, Paulus Johannes Maria Folkers, Klaas Paul Pruessmann, Markus Weiger
  • Magnetic resonance imaging method with a decay time function of sub-sampled acquisition data
    Publication number: 20030122545
    Abstract: The degree of sub-sampling in magnetic resonance imaging is such that the ensuing acquisition time for receiving (echo) series of magnetic resonance signals due to an individual RF excitation is shorter than the decay time of such magnetic resonance signals. Preferably, a segmented scan of the k space is performed, the number of segments and the number of lines scanned in each segment being adjustable and a predetermined total number of lines being scanned. Preferably, a small number of segments is used such that the acquisition time for receiving the magnetic resonance signals for the complete magnetic resonance image is shorter than the process time of the dynamic process involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.
    Inventors: Johan Van Den Brink, Romhild Martijn Hoogeveen, Paulus Johannes Maria Folkers, Klaas Paul Pruessmann, Markus Weiger
  • Magnetic resonance imaging method with sub-sampling
    Patent number: 6377045
    Abstract: A spectroscopic magnetic resonance imaging method involves sub-sampling in the k space. For example, the SENSE technique is applied in spectroscopic MR imaging. Such sub-sampling is also applied in three-dimensional MR imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Johan Samuel Van Den Brink, Rudolf Mathias Johannes Nicolaas Lamerichs, Paulus Johannes Maria Folkers, Arianne Margarethe Corinne Van Muiswinkel, Klaas Paul Pruessmann, Markus Weiger, Ulrike Dydak