Patents by Inventor Can Akgun

Can Akgun 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).

  • High field magnetic resonance
    Publication number: 20080129298
    Abstract: This document discloses, among other things, multi-channel magnetic resonance using a TEM coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: J. Vaughan, Pierre-Francois Moortele, Lance DelaBarre, Christopher Olson, Heather Orser, Anand Gopinath, Kamil Ugurbil, Carl Snyder, Gregor Adriany, Can Akgun, Jinfeng Tian, John Strupp, Peter Andersen, Xiaoping Wu
  • MULTI-CURRENT ELEMENTS FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE RADIO FREQUENCY COILS
    Publication number: 20080084210
    Abstract: A current unit having two or more current paths allows control of magnitude, phase, time, frequency and position of each of element in a radio frequency coil. For each current element, the current can be adjusted as to a phase angle, frequency and magnitude. Multiple current paths of a current unit can be used for targeting multiple spatial domains or strategic combinations of the fields generated/detected by combination of elements for targeting a single domain in magnitude, phase, time, space and frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
    Inventors: J. Vaughan, Gregor Adriany, Carl Snyder, Can Akgun, Jinfeng Tian, Kamil Ugurbil, Pierre-Francois Van de Moortele, Steen Moeller
  • Multi-current elements for magnetic resonance radio frequency coils
    Publication number: 20050264291
    Abstract: A current unit having two or more current paths allows control of magnitude, phase, time, frequency and position of each of element in a radio frequency coil. For each current element, the current can be adjusted as to a phase angle, frequency and magnitude. Multiple current paths of a current unit can be used for targeting multiple spatial domains or strategic combinations of the fields generated/detected by combination of elements for targeting a single domain in magnitude, phase, time, space and frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Inventors: J. Vaughan, Gregor Adriany, Carl Snyder, Can Akgun, Jinfeng Tian, Kamil Ugurbil, Pierre-Francois Moortele, Steen Moeller
  • High field magnetic resonance
    Patent number: RE47026
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance system is disclosed. The system includes a transceiver having a multichannel receiver and a multichannel transmitter, where each channel of the transmitter is configured for independent selection of frequency, phase, time, space, and magnitude, and each channel of the receiver is configured for independent selection of space, time, frequency, phase and gain. The system also includes a magnetic resonance coil having a plurality of current elements, with each element coupled in one to one relation with a channel of the receiver and a channel of the transmitter. The system further includes a processor coupled to the transceiver, such that the processor is configured to execute instructions to control a current in each element and to perform a non-linear algorithm to shim the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: J Thomas Vaughan, Pierre-Francois Van de Moortele, Lance DelaBarre, Chris E Olson, Heather Orser, Anand Gopinath, Kamil Ugurbil, Carl Snyder, Gregor Adriany, Can Akgun, Jinfeng Tian, John Strupp, Peter M Andersen