Patents by Inventor Bertram Wilm

Bertram Wilm 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: 10830856
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging system includes a gradient system and a processor for controlling the magnetic resonance imaging system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Peter Boernert, Miha Fuderer, Kay Nehrke, Klaas Pruessmann, Jurgen Edwin Rahmer, Bertram Wilm, Christian Stehning
  • Publication number: 20190250237
    Abstract: The invention relates to a magnetic resonance imaging system (100). The magnetic resonance imaging system (100) comprises a gradient system and a processor (124) for controlling the magnetic resonance imaging system (100). Execution of machine executable instructions causes the magnetic resonance imaging system (100) to: acquire by coil elements (114) first magnetic resonance data simultaneously from a group of passive local probes 5 (302, 312, 402, 702, 901), wherein the first group of passive local probes (302, 312, 402, 702, 901) comprises a plurality of passive local probes (302, 312, 402, 702, 901) located spaced apart from each other; disentangle contributions to the first magnetic resonance data from the individual local probes, calculate for the magnetic resonance imaging system (100) a gradient impulse response function of the gradient system using the first magnetic resonance data 10 from the local probes; determine correction factors using the gradient impulse response function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: PETER BOERNERT, MIHA FUDERER, KAY NEHRKE, KLAAS PRUESSMANN, JURGEN EDWIN RAHMER, BERTRAM WILM, CHRISTIAN STEHNING
  • Patent number: 10379190
    Abstract: A method of determining an actual gradient impulse response function during execution of a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging or spectroscopy sequence, wherein a main magnetic field is generated in a sample region of an MR apparatus by means of a main magnet and wherein superimposed time dependent gradient fields and radiofrequency fields in a first RF band are generated in the sample region according to a first MR sequence for forming images or spectra, the gradient fields being generated by gradient forming means of the MR apparatus operated according to a gradient forming sequence part of said first MR sequence, the MR apparatus further comprising at least one magnetic field probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule (ETH) ETH Zentrum
    Inventors: Bertram Wilm, Christoph Barmet, Klaas P. Prussmann
  • Publication number: 20180136298
    Abstract: A method of determining an actual gradient impulse response function during execution of a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging or spectroscopy sequence, wherein a main magnetic field is generated in a sample region of an MR apparatus by means of a main magnet and wherein superimposed time dependent gradient fields and radiofrequency fields in a first RF band are generated in the sample region according to a first MR sequence for forming images or spectra, the gradient fields being generated by gradient forming means of the MR apparatus operated according to a gradient forming sequence part of said first MR sequence, the MR apparatus further comprising at least one magnetic field probe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicants: EIDGENOSSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE, UNIVERSITAT ZURICH
    Inventors: Bertram Wilm, Christoph Barmet, Klaas P. Prussmann
  • Patent number: 9791526
    Abstract: A dynamic field camera arrangement for monitoring electromagnetic field behavior in a spatial region comprises a main magnetic field and a radiofrequency (RF) field limited to a first RF band, particularly in an MRI or NMR apparatus. The arrangement comprises a magnetic field detector set comprising a plurality of low-frequency magnetic field detectors, each one of said magnetic field detectors comprising a magnetic resonance (MR) active substance, means for pulsed MR excitation of said substance and means for receiving an MR signal generated by said substance, wherein said pulsed excitation and said MR detector signal is in a second RF band that does not overlap said first RF band. The MR signal receiving means comprise a first RF filter which suppresses RF signal from said first RF band and transmits RF signal from said second RF band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignees: Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Universitat Zurich
    Inventors: Christoph Barmet, David Brunner, Bertram Wilm, Klaas Prussmann
  • Publication number: 20140327438
    Abstract: A dynamic field camera arrangement for monitoring electromagnetic field behavior in a spatial region comprises a main magnetic field and a radiofrequency (RF) field limited to a first RF band, particularly in an MRI or NMR apparatus. The arrangement comprises a magnetic field detector set comprising a plurality of low-frequency magnetic field detectors, each one of said magnetic field detectors comprising a magnetic resonance (MR) active substance, means for pulsed MR excitation of said substance and means for receiving an MR signal generated by said substance, wherein said pulsed excitation and said MR detector signal is in a second RF band that does not overlap said first RF band. The MR signal receiving means comprise a first RF filter which suppresses RF signal from said first RF band and transmits RF signal from said second RF band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Christoph Barmet, David Brunner, Bertram Wilm, Klaas Prüssmann