Patents by Inventor Xiao Guang Liu

Xiao Guang Liu 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: 10197648
    Abstract: The present utility model provides a gradient coil detection device and an MRI system. The gradient coil checking device for an MRI system comprises: a voltage sampling circuit, comprising: a sample voltage input end, connected between a gradient power amplifier of the MRI system and the gradient coil and obtaining a gradient coil sample voltage, and a sample voltage output end; a current sampling circuit, a sample current input end, connected to the gradient power amplifier of the MRI system and obtaining a gradient coil sample current, and a sample current output end; a calculation unit, connected to the sample voltage output end and the sample current output end, and used for calculating a gradient coil calculated resistance according to the gradient coil sample voltage and the gradient coil sample current; a comparison unit, connected to the calculation unit, and used for comparing the gradient coil calculated resistance with a reference value to obtain a result signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Qi Xing Chen, Xiao Guang Liu
  • Publication number: 20160195596
    Abstract: The present utility model provides a gradient coil detection device and an MRI system. The gradient coil checking device for an MRI system comprises: a voltage sampling circuit, comprising: a sample voltage input end, connected between a gradient power amplifier of the MRI system and the gradient coil and obtaining a gradient coil sample voltage, and a sample voltage output end; a current sampling circuit, a sample current input end, connected to the gradient power amplifier of the MRI system and obtaining a gradient coil sample current, and a sample current output end; a calculation unit, connected to the sample voltage output end and the sample current output end, and used for calculating a gradient coil calculated resistance according to the gradient coil sample voltage and the gradient coil sample current; a comparison unit, connected to the calculation unit, and used for comparing the gradient coil calculated resistance with a reference value to obtain a result signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Qi Xing Chen, Xiao Guang Liu
  • Publication number: 20140270314
    Abstract: Disclosed is an earphone including: an earplug that is a rigid pipe; a soft cap that is an elastic sheath, wherein the soft cap includes a body and a top end, the body being in the form of a hole, the top end covering one end of the body, an inner wall of the body matching an outer wall of the earplug, and one end of the earplug being positioned in the body. The earphone not only may reduce noise but also enables useful information to be heard, as well as ensuring that foreign matter cannot enter the earphone and the soft cap may be detachably fixed to the earplug so as to guarantee sanitary use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Xiao Guang Liu, Xu Yan
  • Patent number: 8030927
    Abstract: A magnet temperature control device, for use in a magnetic resonance system having a magnet, includes a pipeline and a temperature regulator. The pipeline is connected to a liquid or gas circulation, and the temperature regulator is connected in series in the pipeline to regulate the temperature of the liquid or gas. A part of the pipeline is arranged inside the magnet, while the rest of the pipeline is arranged outside said magnet; the part of said pipeline which is arranged inside said magnet is distributed uniformly within the magnet, and its cross-sectional shape is in an annular, helical, radicalized or network form, or a combination thereof. Compared to the use of a heater that is distributed only on the surface of the magnet, the pipeline distributed inside the magnet can control the magnet temperature more directly and effectively, so as to smooth and eliminate the temperature change of the magnet promptly by the liquid or gas flow therein, thereby making the magnet temperature more stable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: An Feng Li, Xiao Guang Liu
  • Patent number: 7924008
    Abstract: The present utility model discloses a patient table for a magnetic resonance system, said magnetic resonance system also comprises a body coil, and said patient table comprises a table board and supporting means for supporting said table board, which table board is located in said body coil, and said supporting means supports said table board in such a way that the table board has no contact with said body coil. By using said patient table according to the present utility model, it is possible to eliminate the vibration of the table board caused by the vibration of a gradient coil, thus improving the imaging quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ke Cheng Liu, Xiao Guang Liu
  • Publication number: 20090189608
    Abstract: The present utility model discloses a patient table for a magnetic resonance system, said magnetic resonance system also comprises a body coil, and said patient table comprises a table board and supporting means for supporting said table board, which table board is located in said body coil, and said supporting means supports said table board in such a way that the table board has no contact with said body coil. By using said patient table according to the present utility model, it is possible to eliminate the vibration of the table board caused by the vibration of a gradient coil, thus improving the imaging quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: Ke Cheng Liu, Xiao Guang Liu
  • Publication number: 20090071626
    Abstract: A magnet temperature control device, for use in a magnetic resonance system having a magnet, includes a pipeline and a temperature regulator. The pipeline is connected to a liquid or gas circulation, and the temperature regulator is connected in series in the pipeline to regulate the temperature of the liquid or gas. A part of the pipeline is arranged inside the magnet, while the rest of the pipeline is arranged outside said magnet; the part of said pipeline which is arranged inside said magnet is distributed uniformly within the magnet, and its cross-sectional shape is in an annular, helical, radicalized or network form, or a combination thereof. Compared to the use of a heater that is distributed only on the surface of the magnet, the pipeline distributed inside the magnet can control the magnet temperature more directly and effectively, so as to smooth and eliminate the temperature change of the magnet promptly by the liquid or gas flow therein, thereby making the magnet temperature more stable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: An Feng Li, Xiao Guang Liu
  • Patent number: 7432708
    Abstract: In a temperature control method for magnetic field components of a permanent magnet arrangement of a magnetic resonance system, temperature stability of the magnetic field components is achieved by maintaining the temperature of the two sides of the magnetic field components constant, with a difference being maintained between the temperatures of the two sides of the magnetic field components so that a temperature gradient is formed within the magnetic field components. Once the temperature gradient is formed, dynamic temperature stability is established within the magnetic field component. When this dynamic temperature stability is broken by thermal disturbance, the temperature gradient allows the thermal disturbance to be quickly transmitted to the lower magnetic yoke and is further transmitted to the outside through the base of the magnetic resonance system so that the thermal disturbance is smoothed and dynamic temperature stability is reestablished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Qiang He, Xiao Guang Liu, Hong Yi Zhu