Patents by Inventor G. Wilson Miller, IV

G. Wilson Miller, IV 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).

  • Detecting signal changes in heated bone with a 3D spiral ultra-short echo time sequence
    Patent number: 11085980
    Abstract: In one aspect, in accordance with one embodiment, a method includes acquiring magnetic resonance (MR) data corresponding to bone tissue in an area of interest of a subject that is heated from the application of localized energy. The acquiring includes applying a three-dimensional (3D) ultra-short echo time (UTE) spiral acquisition sequence. The method also includes detecting, from the acquired magnetic resonance data, a change in MR response signal due to a change in at least one of relaxation rate and magnetization density caused by heating of the bone tissue; and determining, based at least in part on the change in the MR response signal, that the temperature of the bone tissue has changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignees: University of Virginia Patent Foundation, The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Samuel W. Fielden, John P. Mugler, III, G. Wilson Miller, IV, Kim Butts Pauly, Craig H. Meyer
  • 3D UTE imaging using variable-TE stack-of-spirals acquisition
    Patent number: 10718837
    Abstract: Some aspects of the present disclosure relate to ultrashort-echo-time (UTE) imaging. In one embodiment, a method includes acquiring UTE imaging data associated with an area of interest of a subject. The acquiring comprises applying an imaging pulse sequence with a three-dimensional (3D) spiral acquisition and a nonselective excitation pulse. The method also includes reconstructing at least one image of the area of interest from the acquired UTE imaging data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PATENT FOUNDATION, SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventors: John P. Mugler, III, Samuel W. Fielden, G. Wilson Miller, IV, Craig H. Meyer, Talissa A. Altes, Alto Stemmer, Josef Pfeuffer, Berthold Kiefer
  • DETECTING SIGNAL CHANGES IN HEATED BONE WITH A 3D SPIRAL ULTRA-SHORT ECHO TIME SEQUENCE
    Publication number: 20170328972
    Abstract: In one aspect, in accordance with one embodiment, a method includes acquiring magnetic resonance (MR) data corresponding to bone tissue in an area of interest of a subject that is heated from the application of localized energy. The acquiring includes applying a three-dimensional (3D) ultra-short echo time (UTE) spiral acquisition sequence. The method also includes detecting, from the acquired magnetic resonance data, a change in MR response signal due to a change in at least one of relaxation rate and magnetization density caused by heating of the bone tissue; and determining, based at least in part on the change in the MR response signal, that the temperature of the bone tissue has changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Samuel W. Fielden, John P. Mugler, III, G. Wilson Miller, IV, Kim Butts Pauly, Craig H. Meyer
  • 3D UTE IMAGING USING VARIABLE-TE STACK-OF-SPIRALS ACQUISITION
    Publication number: 20170307705
    Abstract: Some aspects of the present disclosure relate to ultrashort-echo-time (UTE) imaging. In one embodiment, a method includes acquiring UTE imaging data associated with an area of interest of a subject. The acquiring comprises applying an imaging pulse sequence with a three-dimensional (3D) spiral acquisition and a nonselective excitation pulse. The method also includes reconstructing at least one image of the area of interest from the acquired UTE imaging data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: John P. Mugler, III, Samuel W. Fielden, G. Wilson Miller, IV, Craig H. Meyer, Talissa A. Altes, Alto Stemmer, Josef Pfeuffer, Berthold Kiefer