Patents by Inventor Frank Ong

Frank Ong 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: 11823307
    Abstract: A method for MR imaging includes acquiring with an MR imaging apparatus undersampled k-space imaging data having one or more temporal dimensions and two or more spatial dimensions; transforming the undersampled k-space imaging data to image space data using zero-filled or sliding window reconstruction and sensitivity maps; decomposing the image space data into a compressed representation comprising a product of spatial and temporal parts, where the spatial part comprises spatial basis functions and the temporal part comprises temporal basis functions; processing the spatial basis functions and temporal basis functions to produce reconstructed spatial basis functions and reconstructed temporal basis functions, wherein the processing iteratively applies conjugate gradient and convolutional neural network updates using 2D or 3D spatial and 1D temporal networks; and decompressing the reconstructed spatial basis functions and reconstructed temporal basis functions to produce a reconstructed MRI image having one or
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Sandino, Shreyas S. Vasanawala, Frank Ong
  • Publication number: 20220381863
    Abstract: In a method for magnetic resonance imaging pseudorandomly undersampled k- space imaging data is acquired with multiple receiver coils of an MRI imaging apparatus. MR image reconstruction is performed to produce a reconstructed MR image from the k-space imaging data by iteratively solving sketched approximations of an original reconstruction problem. The sketched approximations use a sketched model matrix As that is a lower-dimensional version of an original model matrix A of the original reconstruction problem. The sketched model matrix As preserves the Fourier structure of the MR reconstruction problem and reduces the number of coils actively used during reconstruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Julio A. Oscanoa Aida, Frank Ong, Mert Pilanci
  • Publication number: 20220375141
    Abstract: A method for MR imaging includes acquiring with an MR imaging apparatus undersampled k-space imaging data having one or more temporal dimensions and two or more spatial dimensions; transforming the undersampled k-space imaging data to image space data using zero-filled or sliding window reconstruction and sensitivity maps; decomposing the image space data into a compressed representation comprising a product of spatial and temporal parts, where the spatial part comprises spatial basis functions and the temporal part comprises temporal basis functions; processing the spatial basis functions and temporal basis functions to produce reconstructed spatial basis functions and reconstructed temporal basis functions, wherein the processing iteratively applies conjugate gradient and convolutional neural network updates using 2D or 3D spatial and 1D temporal networks; and decompressing the reconstructed spatial basis functions and reconstructed temporal basis functions to produce a reconstructed MRI image having one or
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Sandino, Shreyas S. Vasanawala, Frank Ong
  • Patent number: 11170543
    Abstract: A method of magnetic resonance imaging acquires undersampled MRI data and generates by an adversarially trained generative neural network MRI data having higher quality without using any fully-sampled data as a ground truth. The generative neural network is adversarially trained using a discriminative neural network that distinguishes between undersampled MRI training data and candidate undersampled MRI training data produced by applying an MRI measurement function containing an undersampling mask to generated MRI training data produced by the generative neural network from the undersampled MRI training data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Elizabeth K. Cole, Shreyas S. Vasanawala, Frank Ong, John M. Pauly
  • Publication number: 20210218998
    Abstract: A method of medical imaging includes performing a medical imaging scan to produce acquired imaging data; reconstructing from the acquired imaging data a multi-dimensional medical imaging dataset in the form of a sliceable compressed representation where the reconstruction does not at any stage create full decompressed images; and producing from the sliceable compressed representation a selected image slice by decompressing only a subset of the sliceable compressed representation. The sliceable compressed representation may be stored in a lossless format, and the selected image slice may be displayed on a viewer for visualization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Frank Ong, John M. Pauly, Shreyas S. Vasanawala, Michael Lustig, Nien Sin Cedric Yue Sik Kin
  • Publication number: 20210217213
    Abstract: A method of magnetic resonance imaging acquires undersampled MRI data and generates by an adversarially trained generative neural network MRI data having higher quality without using any fully-sampled data as a ground truth. The generative neural network is adversarially trained using a discriminative neural network that distinguishes between undersampled MRI training data and candidate undersampled MRI training data produced by applying an MRI measurement function containing an undersampling mask to generated MRI training data produced by the generative neural network from the undersampled MRI training data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Elizabeth K. Cole, Shreyas S. Vasanawala, Frank Ong, John M. Pauly
  • Patent number: 8088842
    Abstract: Amine solubilizing agents are mixed with water insoluble defoamers and optionally a dispersant for cementitious compositions to provide an admixture for cementitious compositions that is stable over time. A method is provided for controlling the amount of air in a cementitious material in a predictable manner that includes mixing cementitious material, water, a water insoluble defoamer, an amine salt solubilizing agent that solubilizes the water insoluble defoamer, and optionally a dispersant for cementitious compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Construction Research & Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Samy M. Shendy, Jeffrey R. Bury, Frank Ong, Thomas M. Vickers, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7435766
    Abstract: A method of delivering an admixture providing freeze-thaw resistance to a cementitious composition is provided which includes the addition of a viscosity modifying admixture containing at least one of polymeric microspheres, at least partially degradable polymeric particles, or gas generating additives to cementitious compositions. The polymeric microspheres, at least partially degradable polymeric particles, and gas generating additives provide void spaces in the material matrix, and such void spaces act to increase freeze-thaw durability of the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Construction Research & Technology GmbH
    Inventor: Frank Ong
  • Publication number: 20060281835
    Abstract: A method of delivering an admixture providing freeze-thaw resistance to a cementitious composition is provided which includes the addition of a viscosity modifying admixture containing at least one of polymeric microspheres, at least partially degradable polymeric particles, or gas generating additives to cementitious compositions. The polymeric microspheres, at least partially degradable polymeric particles, and gas generating additives provide void spaces in the material matrix, and such void spaces act to increase freeze-thaw durability of the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Inventor: Frank Ong
  • Publication number: 20050257720
    Abstract: Amine solubilizing agents are mixed with water insoluble defoamers and optionally a dispersant for cementitious compositions to provide an admixture for cementitious compositions that is stable over time. A method is provided for controlling the amount of air in a cementitious material in a predictable manner that includes mixing cementitious material, water, a water insoluble defoamer, an amine salt solubilizing agent that solubilizes the water insoluble defoamer, and optionally a dispersant for cementitious compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Inventors: Samy Shendy, Jeffrey Bury, Frank Ong, Thomas Vickers
  • Patent number: 6875801
    Abstract: Amine solubilizing agents are mixed with water insoluble defoamers and optionally a dispersant for cementitious compositions to provide an admixture for cementitious compositions that is stable over time. A cementitious composition is provided that includes cementitious material, water, a water insoluble defoamer, optionally a dispersant for cementitious compositions, and an amine solubilizing agent that solubilizes the water insoluble defoamer. A method is provided for making a cementitious composition that includes mixing cementitious material, water, a water insoluble defoamer, an amine solubilizing agent that solubilizes the water insoluble defoamer, and optionally a dispersant for cementitious compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Construction Research & Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Samy M. Shendy, Jeffrey R. Bury, Thomas M. Vickers, Jr., Frank Ong
  • Publication number: 20030187101
    Abstract: Amine solubilizing agents are mixed with water insoluble defoamers and optionally a dispersant for cementitious compositions to provide an admixture for cementitious compositions that is stable over time. A cementitious composition is provided that includes cementitious material, water, a water insoluble defoamer, optionally a dispersant for cementitious compositions, and an amine solubilizing agent that solubilizes the water insoluble defoamer. A method is provided for making a cementitious composition that includes mixing cementitious material, water, a water insoluble defoamer, an amine solubilizing agent that solubilizes the water insoluble defoamer, and optionally a dispersant for cementitious compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: MBT Holding AG
    Inventors: Samy M. Shendy, Jeffrey R. Bury, Thomas M. Vickers, Frank Ong