Patents Assigned to Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderund der Wissenschaften E.V.
  • Patent number: 9894374
    Abstract: A method for encoding high dynamic range (HDR) images involves providing a lower dynamic range (LDR) image, generating a prediction function for estimating the values for pixels in the HDR image based on the values of corresponding pixels in the LDR image, and obtaining a residual frame based on differences between the pixel values of the HDR image and estimated pixel values. The LDR image, prediction function and residual frame can all be encoded in data from which either the LDR image of HDR image can be recreated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur Forderund Der Wissenschaften E.V.
    Inventors: Alexander Efremov, Rafal Mantiuk, Grzegorz Krawczyk, Karol Myszkowski, Hans-Peter Seidel
  • Patent number: 6842000
    Abstract: The invention relates to a magnetic resonance imaging method which is characterized in that the transversal magnetization excited in the object to be imaged is diffusion-weighted before the useful echo (E) used for the reconstruction of an image is induced. When the object is moved, phase changes in the diffusion-weighted transversal magnetization can occur that lead to artifacts in the reconstructed image. These disturbing phase changes are measured by analyzing a navigation signal (N1, N2) that is generated before the useful signal is generated. The result of the measurement is used to change the phase characteristics of the transversal magnetization online by a correctional intervention (C0, C1, C2) in such a way that the measured phase changes are compensated. The invention further relates to a magnetic resonance device for carrying out said method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderund der Wissenschaften E.V.
    Inventors: David Norris, Wolfgang Driesel