Patents by Inventor Astrid Lucia Helena Maria Willemina Van Lier

Astrid Lucia Helena Maria Willemina Van Lier 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).

  • Publication number: 20140239951
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of MR imaging of an object (10) placed in an examination volume of a MR device (1). It is an object of the invention to enable improved electrical properties tomography. The invention proposes that the method comprises the steps of:—subjecting the object (10) to two or more imaging sequences for acquiring MR signals, wherein the imaging sequences each comprise at least one RF pulse and at least one switched magnetic field gradient; reconstructing two or more MR phase images from MR signals acquired by means of imaging sequences comprising switched magnetic field gradients of opposed polarity; deriving a spatial distribution of electrical properties of the object (10) from the MR phase images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Koninklijle Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Astrid Lucia Helena Maria Willemina Van Lier, Cornelis Antonius Theodorus Van Den Berg, Ulrich Katscher