Patents by Inventor Frederick Busse

Frederick Busse 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: 9103898
    Abstract: A method includes the acts of acquiring a blade of k-space calibration data; acquiring a set of T1-weighted k-space imaging data, the set of T1-weighted k-space imaging data having blades of undersampled k-space data rotated about a section of k-space. Each blade of undersampled k-space data includes first data points having acquired data and second data points that are missing data. The method also includes generating a set of reconstruction weights for the blades of undersampled k-space data using the blade of k-space calibration data; synthesizing k-space data for at least a portion of the second data points using the set of reconstruction weights; and generating a T1-weighted image using the T1-weighted k-space imaging data and the synthesized k-space data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: James Hartman Holmes, Jean Helen Brittain, Reed Frederick Busse, Ajeetkumar Gaddipati, Xiaoli Zhao, Philip James Beatty, Zhiqiang Li, Howard Andrew Rowley
  • Patent number: 8890522
    Abstract: The present disclosure is intended to describe embodiments for improving image data acquisition and processing in accelerated dynamic magnetic resonance imaging sequences. One embodiment is described where a method includes an acquisition sequence configured to acquire an undersampled set of magnetic resonance data. The undersampled set of magnetic resonance data has a pseudo-random sampling pattern within a data space acquired at a first time, the pseudo-random sampling pattern being influenced by other pseudo-random sampling patterns within the data space arising from the acquisition of additional undersampled sets of magnetic resonance data at respective times. In some embodiments, the pseudo-random sampling patterns of the undersampled sets of magnetic resonance data interleave to yield a desired sampling pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Reed Frederick Busse, James Holmes, Philip James Beatty, Kang Wang, Frank Korosec
  • Patent number: 8653817
    Abstract: The present disclosure is intended to describe embodiments for improving image data acquisition and processing in accelerated dynamic magnetic resonance imaging sequences. One embodiment is described where a method includes an acquisition sequence configured to acquire an undersampled set of magnetic resonance data. The undersampled set of magnetic resonance data has a pseudo-random sampling pattern within a data space acquired at a first time, the pseudo-random sampling pattern being influenced by other pseudo-random sampling patterns within the data space arising from the acquisition of additional undersampled sets of magnetic resonance data at respective times. In some embodiments, the pseudo-random sampling patterns of the undersampled sets of magnetic resonance data interleave to yield a desired sampling pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Reed Frederick Busse, James Holmes, Philip James Beatty, Kang Wang, Frank Korosec
  • Publication number: 20120262172
    Abstract: A method includes the acts of acquiring a blade of k-space calibration data; acquiring a set of T1-weighted k-space imaging data, the set of T1-weighted k-space imaging data having blades of undersampled k-space data rotated about a section of k-space. Each blade of undersampled k-space data includes first data points having acquired data and second data points that are missing data. The method also includes generating a set of reconstruction weights for the blades of undersampled k-space data using the blade of k-space calibration data; synthesizing k-space data for at least a portion of the second data points using the set of reconstruction weights; and generating a T1-weighted image using the T1-weighted k-space imaging data and the synthesized k-space data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: James Hartman Holmes, Jean Helen Brittain, Reed Frederick Busse, Ajeetkumar Gaddipati, Xiaoli Zhao, Philip James Beatty, Zhiqiang Li, Howard Andrew Rowley
  • Publication number: 20110241677
    Abstract: The present disclosure is intended to describe embodiments for improving image data acquisition and processing in accelerated dynamic magnetic resonance imaging sequences. One embodiment is described where a method includes an acquisition sequence configured to acquire an undersampled set of magnetic resonance data. The undersampled set of magnetic resonance data has a pseudo-random sampling pattern within a data space acquired at a first time, the pseudo-random sampling pattern being influenced by other pseudo-random sampling patterns within the data space arising from the acquisition of additional undersampled sets of magnetic resonance data at respective times. In some embodiments, the pseudo-random sampling patterns of the undersampled sets of magnetic resonance data interleave to yield a desired sampling pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Reed Frederick Busse, James Holmes, Philip James Beatty, Kang Wang, Frank Korosec
  • Publication number: 20110241676
    Abstract: The present disclosure is intended to describe embodiments for improving image data acquisition and processing in accelerated dynamic magnetic resonance imaging sequences. One embodiment is described where a method includes an acquisition sequence configured to acquire an undersampled set of magnetic resonance data. The undersampled set of magnetic resonance data has a pseudo-random sampling pattern within a data space acquired at a first time, the pseudo-random sampling pattern being influenced by other pseudo-random sampling patterns within the data space arising from the acquisition of additional undersampled sets of magnetic resonance data at respective times. In some embodiments, the pseudo-random sampling patterns of the undersampled sets of magnetic resonance data interleave to yield a desired sampling pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Reed Frederick Busse, James Holmes, Philip James Beatty, Kang Wang, Frank Korosec
  • Publication number: 20050182871
    Abstract: Embodiments of a method and apparatus for improving bus utilization, such as for transferring data to a modem, for example, are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2005
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: Frederick Busse, Wey-Yi Guy, Thomas Schultz