Patents by Inventor Anne SLAWIG

Anne SLAWIG 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: 11782116
    Abstract: A method for recording a magnetic resonance image dataset includes providing a magnetic resonance sequence with a series of sequence blocks, and providing at least one correction term to compensate for a magnetic field change. The magnetic field change is produced as a change of an actual magnetic field compared to a setpoint magnetic field by gradient pulses. The magnetic field change is established via a transfer characteristic of the gradient system of the magnetic resonance installation. The at least one correction term is used to compensate for the magnetic field change, and at least one magnetic resonance image dataset is recorded with the magnetic resonance sequence using the correction term.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Manuel Stich, Richard Dederichs, Herbert Köstler, Tobias Wech, Anne Slawig
  • Publication number: 20220043093
    Abstract: A method for recording a magnetic resonance image dataset includes providing a magnetic resonance sequence with a series of sequence blocks, and providing at least one correction term to compensate for a magnetic field change. The magnetic field change is produced as a change of an actual magnetic field compared to a setpoint magnetic field by gradient pulses. The magnetic field change is established via a transfer characteristic of the gradient system of the magnetic resonance installation. The at least one correction term is used to compensate for the magnetic field change, and at least one magnetic resonance image dataset is recorded with the magnetic resonance sequence using the correction term.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Manuel Stich, Richard Dederichs, Herbert Köstler, Tobias Wech, Anne Slawig
  • Patent number: 10551463
    Abstract: In a method and magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus for data acquisition with fat-water separation in a resulting MR image, an MR data acquisition sequence is operated to acquire MR signals from a subject. Said MR signals comprise fat signals originating from fat in the subject and water signals originating from water in the subject, are acquired by executing a frequency-modulated balanced steady-state free-precession (bSSFP) sequence. The MR signals are entered as numerical values into a memory organized as k-space, the memory thereby containing k-space data. An image is reconstructed from the k-data and subjected to regional phase correction. The corrected image being composed of respective pixels having an intensity produced by the fat signals and an intensity produced by the water signals, with the respective pixels being readily distinguishable from each other in the image due to use of the frequency-modulated bSSFP sequence and the block regional correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Herbert Köstler, Anne Slawig
  • Publication number: 20190086500
    Abstract: In a method and magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus for data acquisition with fat-water separation in a resulting MR image, an MR data acquisition sequence is operated to acquire MR signals from a subject. Said MR signals comprise fat signals originating from fat in the subject and water signals originating from water in the subject, are acquired by executing a frequency-modulated balanced steady-state free-precession (bSSFP) sequence. The MR signals are entered as numerical values into a memory organized as k-space, the memory thereby containing k-space data. An image is reconstructed from the k-data and subjected to regional phase correction. The corrected image being composed of respective pixels having an intensity produced by the fat signals and an intensity produced by the water signals, with the respective pixels being readily distinguishable from each other in the image due to use of the frequency-modulated bSSFP sequence and the block regional correction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Herbert KOESTLER, Anne SLAWIG