Patents by Inventor Daniel Blackburn Vigneron

Daniel Blackburn Vigneron 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).

  • C-MR detection using hyperpolarised C-fructose
    Patent number: 8968703
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of 13C-MR detection using an imaging medium comprising hyperpolarised 13C-fructose and to an imaging medium containing hyperpolarised 13C-fructose for use in said method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignees: GE Healthcare Limited, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Albert Chen, David Wilson, John Kurhanewicz, Daniel Blackburn Vigneron, Kayvan Keshari
  • 13C-MR DETECTION USING HYPERPOLARISED 13C-FRUCTOSE
    Publication number: 20120258050
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of 13C-MR detection using an imaging medium comprising hyperpolarised 13C-fructose and to an imaging medium containing hyperpolarised 13C-fructose for use in said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Albert Chen, David Wilson, John Kurhanewicz, Daniel Blackburn Vigneron, Kayvan Keshari
  • Systems, methods and apparatus for an endo-rectal receive-only probe
    Patent number: 7945308
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which a compact pod insertable into the rectum for Magnetic Resonance Imaging/Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRI/MRS) examination of the prostate and containing two receive coils, each connected to transmit blocking and pre-tuned trap circuitry which can be superimposed within the pod in close proximity, can, without either circuit interfering with the other, efficiently gather, for imaging and tissue analysis, radio frequency signals emanating from magnetically disturbed nuclei in prostate tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: James S. Tropp, Paul D. Calderon, Daniel Blackburn Vigneron, Lucas Guillermo Carvajal, Konstantinos George Karpodinis
  • METHOD OF DETERMINING ALANINE TRANSAMINASE (ALT) ACTIVITY BY 13C-MR DETECTION USING HYPERPOLARISED 13C-PYRUVATE
    Publication number: 20110038802
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of determination of alanine transaminase (ALT) activity by 13C-MR detection using an imaging medium which comprises hyperpolarised 13C-pyruvate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventors: Zhong-Min Hu, Ralph Eugene Hurd, John Kurhanewicz, Sarah Jane Nelson, Daniel Blackburn Vigneron
  • MR METHODS OF GRADING A TUMOR USING AN IMAGING MEDIUM THAT COMPRISES HYPERPOLARISED 13C-PYRUVATE
    Publication number: 20110020235
    Abstract: The invention relates to MR methods of grading a tumor using an imaging medium which comprises hyperpolarized 13C-pyruvate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Ralf Eugene Hurd, John Kurhanewicz, Daniel Blackburn Vigneron, Sarah Jane Nelson