Patents by Inventor Alan H. Wilman

Alan H. Wilman 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).

  • MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING WITH INDEPENDENT EXCITATION AND ACQUISITION VOLUMES
    Publication number: 20110175612
    Abstract: A method of magnetic resonance that uses non-aligned slab excitation and encoding. By separating the directions of slab excitation and slab phase encoding, the method may allow voxel orientation that is independent of the excitation direction. Accordingly, volume excitation may be chosen based on anatomical landmarks which are not aligned in the excitation direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Amir EISSA, Alan H. WILMAN
  • Centric phase encoding order for 3D NMR data acquisition
    Patent number: 5912557
    Abstract: A 3DFT NMR scan is performed by stepping two phase encoding gradients through a sequence of values to sample all locations in k-space. The gradients are stepped such that k-space is covered by sampling closer to the origin of k-space first. Two methods for ordering the k-space sample points are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1999
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Alan H. Wilman, Stephen J. Riederer