Patents by Inventor Recardo Matias

Recardo Matias 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).

  • Method and apparatus to improve signal-to-noise ratio without compromising field-of-view for simultaneous MR data acquisition by an array of RF coils of an MR scanner
    Patent number: 7109710
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed to analogically combine MR signals from RF coils to form multiple sets of analogically combined MR signals, and then digitally combine the analogically combined sets of MR signals to provide a digitized signal set for image reconstruction. The analogical combining followed by the digital combining of acquired MR signals improves intrinsic SNR of the RF coils used for data acquisition from a field-of-view (FOV) without compromising FOV for simultaneous MR data acquisition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Dashen Chu, Recardo Matias, Travis Monke, Phillip E. Steen, Fraser J. L. Robb