Patents by Inventor Cornelis Zevenhoven

Cornelis Zevenhoven 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: 11656309
    Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided generating, Low-Field-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, LF-MRI, or Ultra-Low-Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging, ULF-MRI, data with respect to an image frame, determining a sensorwise agreement of the data with determined sensitivity profiles, and determining a mapping between the image frame and a sensor frame, such that the sensorwise agreement has been fulfilled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Aalto University Foundation sr
    Inventors: Cornelis Zevenhoven, Antti Mäkinen, Risto Ilmoniemi
  • Publication number: 20220365155
    Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided generating, Low-Field-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, LF-MRI, or Ultra-Low-Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging, ULF-MRI, data with respect to an image frame, determining a sensorwise agreement of the data with determined sensitivity profiles, and determining a mapping between the image frame and a sensor frame, such that the sensorwise agreement has been fulfilled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Cornelis Zevenhoven, Antti Mäkinen, Risto Ilmoniemi
  • Patent number: 11500049
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for magnetic measurements and/or magnetic imaging such as an MRI device or a hybrid MEG-MRI device. The device comprises an array of one or more detectors for the magnetic signal and one or more coils for producing preparatory magnetic field pulses. The device further comprises means to drive current pulses through the said coils, wherein at least one of the coils comprises material that is Type-II superconducting at the operating temperature. The device is configured to cancel out at least part of the field generated by the remanent magnetization after a current pulse by the shape of the current pulse and/or the geometrically balanced design of the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Aalto University Foundation SR
    Inventors: Cornelis Zevenhoven, Iiro Lehto
  • Publication number: 20210325492
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for magnetic measurements and/or magnetic imaging such as an MRI device or a hybrid MEG-MRI device. The device comprises an array of one or more detectors for the magnetic signal and one or more coils for producing preparatory magnetic field pulses. The device further comprises means to drive current pulses through the said coils, wherein at least one of the coils comprises material that is Type-II superconducting at the operating temperature. The device is configured to cancel out at least part of the field generated by the remanent magnetization after a current pulse by the shape of the current pulse and/or the geometrically balanced design of the coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Cornelis ZEVENHOVEN, Iiro LEHTO
  • Patent number: 9684051
    Abstract: The invention relates to a prepolarizing magnetic resonance- or relaxation-based measurement system, comprising a prepolarizing coil for producing a prepolarizing field at the target zone, means for pulsing the prepolarizing field according to a first pulsing scheme, and means for measuring magnetization of a target placed in the target zone. According to the invention, the system further comprises a shielding coil for producing a shielding field and means for pulsing the shielding field according to a second pulsing scheme, whereby the shielding coil and the second pulsing scheme are arranged to reduce the formation of unwanted transient fields caused by the coupling of the prepolarizing coil to conducting or magnetic structures in the surroundings of the system. The invention also relates to a corresponding method of measurement and a process of designing the pulsing schemes for the system or process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Aalto University Foundation
    Inventors: Jaakko Nieminen, Cornelis Zevenhoven, Panu Vesanen, Risto Ilmoniemi
  • Publication number: 20140084925
    Abstract: The invention relates to a prepolarizing magnetic resonance- or relaxation-based measurement system, comprising a prepolarizing coil for producing a prepolarizing field at the target zone, means for pulsing the prepolarizing field according to a first pulsing scheme, and means for measuring magnetization of a target placed in the target zone. According to the invention, the system further comprises a shielding coil for producing a shielding field and means for pulsing the shielding field according to a second pulsing scheme, whereby the shielding coil and the second pulsing scheme are arranged to reduce the formation of unwanted transient fields caused by the coupling of the prepolarizing coil to conducting or magnetic structures in the surroundings of the system. The invention also relates to a corresponding method of measurement and a process of designing the pulsing schemes for the system or process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: AALTO UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jaakko Nieminen, Cornelis Zevenhoven, Panu Vesanen, Risto Ilmoniemi