Patents by Inventor Esther Raithel

Esther Raithel 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).

  • Publication number: 20160155238
    Abstract: In a method and magnetic resonance apparatus for segmenting image data of an examination object, raw data of the examination object are achieved with the operation of a magnetic resonance scanner. Quantitative image data of the examination object are then calculated in a processor from the raw data. At least one physical variable of the examination object is quantitatively ascertained pixelwise and is displayed. The quantitative image data are segmented for identification of predetermined objects in the quantitative image data, and displayed in a display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Theresa Bachschmidt, David Grodzki, Heiko Meyer, Mathias Nittka, Esther Raithel
  • Publication number: 20160139227
    Abstract: In a method and apparatus for the examination of a predetermined volume portion of an object with a magnetic resonance (MR) fingerprinting procedure, an MR signal curve for voxels of the volume portion is acquired, and a comparison of the MR signal curve of the respective voxel is made with stored MR signal curves in order to determine the stored MR signal curve that conforms most closely to the MR signal curve, with the result of the comparison then being made available as an output. The comparison with the MR signal curve of the voxel is (initially) performed with a specific number of signal points of the MR signal curve. A quality measure is determined with which the quality of the most closely conforming stored MR signal curves is determined. The performance of the comparison for the respective voxel is repeated if the quality measure is below a predetermined quality threshold value, with the number of signal points being first increased by a difference number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: David Grodzki, Esther Raithel
  • Publication number: 20160097830
    Abstract: In order to make it possible to take account of movement of an examination object in a magnetic resonance fingerprinting method, multiple magnetic resonance raw images of an examination area of the examination object are acquired by execution of a magnetic resonance fingerprinting method, multiple magnetic resonance signal waveforms are generated in a processor over different voxels of the multiple magnetic resonance raw images. A signal comparison of the multiple magnetic resonance signal waveforms is made with multiple database signal waveforms stored in a database, with a database value of at least one tissue parameter being logically linked to each database signal waveform of the multiple database signal waveforms. A tissue parameter map is determined on the basis of the result of the signal comparison, wherein said tissue parameter map is movement corrected based on a movement correction. The tissue parameter map is made available at an output of the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: David Grodzki, Stefan Huwer, Esther Raithel