Patents by Inventor Walid E. Kyriakos

Walid E. Kyriakos 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).

  • Apparatus and method for parallel MR data acquisition and parallel image reconstruction from multiple receiver coil arrays for fast MRI
    Patent number: 6680610
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for decreasing image acquisition and reconstruction times in magnetic resonance imaging are provided. Magnetic resonance data is acquired in parallel by an array of separate RF receiver coils disposed at generally circumferentially-spaced locations relative to one another around the imaging volume defined by the body coil of a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus. Further, the image reconstruction also is performed in parallel, thereby shortening up image display times. The apparatus and method operate on the basis of determining an estimate of the sensitivity profile of each RF coil in the array, and thereafter, utilizing those profiles in the creation of a desired image by encoding later acquired magnetic resonance data from a body of interest disposed in the imaging volume of the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Inventors: Walid E. Kyriakos, Daniel F. Kacher