Patents Assigned to The Texas A&M University System, A Texas State Agency
  • Method and apparatus for multi-dimensional parallel MR imaging
    Patent number: 7449888
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus of multi-directional acceleration for parallel imaging. An RF coil assembly is constructed to have a plurality of RF coils arranged in axial and tangential direction for image data acquisition with acceleration in at least two dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignees: General Electric Company, The Texas A&M University System, A Texas State Agency
    Inventors: Nabeel M. Malik, Eddy B. Boskamp, John E. Lorbiecki, Scott A. Lindsay
  • 6-channel array coil for magnetic resonance imaging
    Patent number: 7382132
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for acquiring high resolution MR images of a carotid artery. A six-channel RF coil array has three RF coils placed in an overlapping pattern and positioned adjacent to a first region-of-interest (ROI) of an imaging patient. The six-channel RF coil also has three RF coils placed in an overlapping pattern and positioned adjacent to a second ROI of an imaging patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignees: General Electric Company, The Texas A&M University System, A Texas State Agency
    Inventors: Susan Mathew, Eddy Benjamin Boskamp, Leroy Blawat, John E Lorbiecki, Bernice E Hoppel