Patents by Inventor Raymond Charles Boston

Raymond Charles Boston 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).

  • Rapid 3-dimensional bilateral breast MR imaging
    Patent number: 8135452
    Abstract: Provided is a method for rapid, 3D, dynamic, projection reconstruction bilateral breast imaging using simultaneous multi-slab volume excitation and radial acquisition of a contrast enhanced bilateral image, in conjunction with SENSE processing, using k-Space Weighted Image Contrast (“KWIC”) filtering and multi-coil arrays for signal separation in an interleaved bilateral MR bilateral breast scan that uses conventional Cartesian sampling without parallel imaging. Software was developed for the reconstruction, modeling contrast kinetics using a heuristic model, display by parametric mapping and viewer/analysis of the multidimensional, high frame-rate bilateral breast images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Lawrence Dougherty, Hee Kwon Song, Raymond Charles Boston, Mitchell Schnall
  • Rapid 3-diamensional bilateral breast MR imaging
    Publication number: 20090105582
    Abstract: Provided is a method for rapid, 3D, dynamic, projection reconstruction bilateral breast imaging using simultaneous multi-slab volume excitation and radial acquisition of a contrast enhanced bilateral image, in conjunction with SENSE processing, using k-Space Weighted Image Contrast (“KWIC”) filtering and multi-coil arrays for signal separation in an interleaved bilateral MR bilateral breast scan that uses conventional Cartesian sampling without parallel imaging. Software was developed for the reconstruction, modeling contrast kinetics using a heuristic model, display by parametric mapping and viewer/analysis of the multidimensional, high frame-rate bilateral breast images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Lawrence Dougherty, Hee Kwon Song, Raymond Charles Boston, Mitchell Schnall