Patents by Inventor Dan W. Rettmann

Dan W. Rettmann 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).

  • System and method of angular elliptic centric view ordering for 3D MR acquisitions
    Patent number: 8120360
    Abstract: A method of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging includes segmenting a ky-kz plane comprising a plurality of encoding points into a plurality of annular segments. For each annular segment, a view ordering is defined based on a polar angle associated with each encoding point contained within the annular segment. MR data is acquired for the plurality of encoding points based on the view ordering for each annular segment and at least one MR image is generated using the acquired MR data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Manojkumar Saranathan, Ersin Bayram, Dan W. Rettmann, Reed F. Busse
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ANGULAR ELLIPTIC CENTRIC VIEW ORDERING FOR 3D MR ACQUISITIONS
    Publication number: 20100052681
    Abstract: A method of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging includes segmenting a ky-kz plane comprising a plurality of encoding points into a plurality of annular segments. For each annular segment, a view ordering is defined based on a polar angle associated with each encoding point contained within the annular segment. MR data is acquired for the plurality of encoding points based on the view ordering for each annular segment and at least one MR image is generated using the acquired MR data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Manojkumar Saranathan, Ersin Bayram, Dan W. Rettmann, Reed F. Busse