Patents by Inventor Fernando E. Boada

Fernando E. Boada 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: 20250130299
    Abstract: A method of quantifying sodium concentration can include extracting one or more bi-T2 sodium signals from one or more echo time acquisitions. The method can include separating, via a matrix equation including at least one of T2 decays or T2* decays of mono-T2 sodium and bi-T2 sodium, an intensity of the one or more bi-T2 sodium signals from an intensity of one or more mono-T2 sodium signals. The method can include quantifying bi-T2 sodium concentration, mono-T2 sodium concentration, and total sodium concentration based on the one or more echo time acquisitions. The one or more echo time acquisitions can be performed with single-quantum sodium excitations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: New York University
    Inventors: Yongxian Qian, Fernando E. Boada
  • Patent number: 9488710
    Abstract: Systems and methods capable of improving acquisition times associated with obtaining diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging data are discussed. In aspects, multiple points in q-space can be sampled in a single repetition time (TR). Acquisition time can be further increased using other techniques, such as a radial raster or compressed sensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Fernando E. Boada, Stephen Ross Yutzy
  • Publication number: 20130278257
    Abstract: Systems and methods capable of improving acquisition times associated with obtaining diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging data are discussed. In aspects, multiple points in q-space can be sampled in a single repetition time (TR). Acquisition time can be further increased using other techniques, such as a radial raster or compressed sensing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Fernando E. Boada, Stephen Ross Yutzy
  • Patent number: 8022704
    Abstract: A method for producing a magnetic resonance image using an ultra-short echo time. The method includes applying a pulse sequence to an object, detecting a spirally encoded and phase encoded magnetic resonance signal associated with the object, and reconstructing the magnetic resonance image based on the spirally encoded and phase encoded magnetic resonance signal. The pulse sequence includes a slab-selective radiofrequency pulse, a slab-selective gradient pulse, a plurality of variable duration slice encoding gradient pulses, a plurality of first spiral encoding gradient pulses, and a plurality of second spiral encoding gradient pulses. The detection of the spirally encoded and phase encoded magnetic resonance signal occurs concurrently with the application of one of the plurality of first spiral encoding gradient pulses and with the application of one of the plurality of second spiral encoding gradient pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh-Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Yongxian Qian, Fernando E. Boada
  • Publication number: 20100231218
    Abstract: A method for producing a magnetic resonance image using an ultra-short echo time. The method includes applying a pulse sequence to an object, detecting a spirally encoded and phase encoded magnetic resonance signal associated with the object, and reconstructing the magnetic resonance image based on the spirally encoded and phase encoded magnetic resonance signal. The pulse sequence includes a slab-selective radiofrequency pulse, a slab-selective gradient pulse, a plurality of variable duration slice encoding gradient pulses, a plurality of first spiral encoding gradient pulses, and a plurality of second spiral encoding gradient pulses. The detection of the spirally encoded and phase encoded magnetic resonance signal occurs concurrently with the application of one of the plurality of first spiral encoding gradient pulses and with the application of one of the plurality of second spiral encoding gradient pulses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
    Inventors: Yongxian Qian, Fernando E. Boada
  • Patent number: 7750632
    Abstract: A method for producing a magnetic resonance image using an ultra-short echo time. The method includes applying a pulse sequence to an object, detecting a spirally encoded and phase encoded magnetic resonance signal associated with the object, and reconstructing the magnetic resonance image based on the spirally encoded and phase encoded magnetic resonance signal. The pulse sequence includes a slab-selective radiofrequency pulse, a slab-selective gradient pulse, a plurality of variable duration slice encoding gradient pulses, a plurality of first spiral encoding gradient pulses, and a plurality of second spiral encoding gradient pulses. The detection of the spirally encoded and phase encoded magnetic resonance signal occurs concurrently with the application of one of the plurality of first spiral encoding gradient pulses and with the application of one of the plurality of second spiral encoding gradient pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Yongxian Qian, Fernando E. Boada
  • Publication number: 20080258727
    Abstract: A method for producing a magnetic resonance image using an ultra-short echo time. The method includes applying a pulse sequence to an object, detecting a spirally encoded and phase encoded magnetic resonance signal associated with the object, and reconstructing the magnetic resonance image based on the spirally encoded and phase encoded magnetic resonance signal. The pulse sequence includes a slab-selective radiofrequency pulse, a slab-selective gradient pulse, a plurality of variable duration slice encoding gradient pulses, a plurality of first spiral encoding gradient pulses, and a plurality of second spiral encoding gradient pulses. The detection of the spirally encoded and phase encoded magnetic resonance signal occurs concurrently with the application of one of the plurality of first spiral encoding gradient pulses and with the application of one of the plurality of second spiral encoding gradient pulses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: Yongxian Qian, Fernando E. Boada