Patents by Inventor Helmut Greim

Helmut Greim 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: 20130181716
    Abstract: A local coil for an imaging system includes a sheath current filter and one or more lines run through the sheath current filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Helmut Greim
  • Patent number: 8487619
    Abstract: A simple connection of a coil with a magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) is facilitated by a method and an adapter wherein a coil-connection element of at least one local coil is connected with an MRT-connection element of an MRT system. The adapter has a coil-connection element adapter designed to form a connection with at least one coil-connection element of at least one local coil. The adapter also has at least one MRT-connection element adapter designed to form a connection with an MRT-connection element of an MRT system. The adapter can be fixed mechanically to a fixing element of the MRT system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Yvonne Candidus, Daniel Driemel, Helmut Greim, Thomas Kundner
  • Publication number: 20130119988
    Abstract: A local coil for a magnetic resonance tomography device includes a plurality of antenna elements. Each antenna element of the plurality of antenna elements has two conductor tracks. The conductor tracks are disposed on opposite sides of an insulator and are connected electrically conductively to one another by plated through-holes through the insulator. In areas, in which conductor tracks of at least two antenna elements of the plurality of antenna elements cross, at least one antenna element of the at least two antenna elements only has a conductor track on one side of the insulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: Daniel Driemel, Helmut Greim, Steffen Wolf
  • Publication number: 20130082707
    Abstract: A method for the control of a magnetic resonance system is provided. In a test phase before a magnetic resonance measurement, a test high-frequency pulse with several parallel individual high-frequency pulses is transmitted with a transmitter antenna arrangement over various different high-frequency transmitter channels. At lower transmitter power, the test high-frequency pulse generates essentially the same field distribution as an excitation high-frequency pulse to be transmitted during a subsequent magnetic resonance measurement. A high-frequency field generated by this test high-frequency pulse is measured in at least one area of a local pulse arrangement, and on the basis of the high-frequency field measured, a high-frequency field value that is to be anticipated at the local coil arrangement during the subsequent magnetic resonance measurement is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Helmut Greim, Juergen Nistler, Thorsten Speckner
  • Publication number: 20120223714
    Abstract: The present embodiments relate to a local coil for a magnetic resonance tomography system. The local coil includes a preamplifier for amplification of a signal received by the local coil from an examination object in a receive phase of the local coil. The local coil also includes a detuning device for detuning the local coil in a transmit phase of the local coil, and a rectification device for supplying voltage to the preamplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventor: Helmut Greim
  • Patent number: 8244328
    Abstract: A head coil for a magnetic resonance apparatus has a supporting body that carries a number of antenna elements. The supporting body has an end section that is shaped as a spherical cap. A butterfly antenna is mounted at the end section, and is annularly surrounded by at least one group antenna that overlaps the butterfly antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Daniel Driemel, Helmut Greim, Karsten Jahns
  • Publication number: 20120182015
    Abstract: A standing wave trap for a magnetic resonance tomography system includes a local coil connecting lead and at least one flexible printed circuit board in the local coil connecting lead. The local coil connecting lead is wound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: Daniel Driemel, Helmut Greim, Martin Hemmerlein, Thomas Kundner, Steffen Wolf
  • Patent number: 8207737
    Abstract: A standing wave barrier, particularly for use in a magnetic resonance tomography device, has a body and an opening in the body that is fashioned to accommodate a cable, the opening being formed as an externally open groove along a longitudinal direction of the standing wave barrier, and is shaped so that the cable can glide in and out along the standing wave barrier through the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Helmut Greim
  • Patent number: 8085048
    Abstract: An arrangement to detune a reception antenna in a local coil of a magnetic resonance system, with at least one reception antenna that is fashioned as a loop antenna and that has at least one first capacitance. Radio-frequency signals of a magnetic resonance examination are received via the reception antenna. A switchable detuning circuit contains the first capacitance connected to an oscillating circuit and a first inductance. A reception device to receive a control signal is coupled with the oscillating circuit. The reception device switches the oscillating circuit into a high-resistance state given a received control signal so that a receipt of a radio-frequency signal via the reception antenna is prevented. The reception device is fashioned to receive a wirelessly transmitted radio-frequency control signal. The radio-frequency control signal has a frequency that lies outside of the bandwidth of the radio-frequency signal used for magnetic resonance examination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Helmut Greim, Joerg Christopher Stapf
  • Patent number: 7965082
    Abstract: In a method for processing radio frequency signals of a magnetic resonance imaging system in which the coil portion of the magnetic resonance imaging system includes a body coil and a local coil, radio frequency signals are supplied to the body coil, and these radio frequency signals are coupled to said local coil, and transmitted by said local coil into a region to be examined. A corresponding radio frequency system has a local coil and a body coil, with power coupling between the local coil and the body coil; during the phase for transmitting the radio frequency signals. The body coil serves to couple the radio frequency signals to be transmitted to the local coil, and the local coil serves to transmit the coupled radio frequency signals to a region to be examined. This method and system allow the transmitting function of the local coil to be achieved without having a coil plug on a patient bed to provide a radio frequency signal transmitting channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Helmut Greim, Markus Vester, Jian Min Wang, Wei Dong Wang, Yao Xing
  • Patent number: 7876097
    Abstract: A local coil arrangement for a magnetic resonance apparatus has a support structure with an antenna arrangement and a sensor arrangement embedded in the support structure. The antenna arrangement has a number of magnetic resonance antennas. A magnetic resonance excitation signal can respectively be emitted by means of each magnetic resonance antenna and/or a magnetic resonance signal can respectively be received by means of each magnetic resonance antenna. The sensor arrangement has a number of magnetic field sensors and an evaluation circuit. The magnetic field sensors detect how large a static magnetic field is to which the local coil arrangement is exposed and output a corresponding output signal and supply a corresponding output signal to the evaluation circuit. The evaluation circuit determines a logical presence signal and outputs it. The value of the logical presence signal depends on whether a field strength of the static magnetic field is greater than a minimum field strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Helmut Greim
  • Publication number: 20100271027
    Abstract: A simple connection of a coil with a magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) is facilitated by a method and an adapter wherein a coil-connection element of at least one local coil is connected with an MRT-connection element of an MRT system. The adapter has a coil-connection element adapter designed to form a connection with at least one coil-connection element of at least one local coil. The adapter also has at least one MRT-connection element adapter designed to form a connection with an MRT-connection element of an MRT system. The adapter can be fixed mechanically to a fixing element of the MRT system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Yvonne Candidus, Daniel Driemel, Helmut Greim, Thomas Kundner
  • Patent number: 7764065
    Abstract: An arrangement to transmit magnetic resonance signals has a local coil composed of a number of individual antennas for acquisition of radio-frequency signals of a magnetic resonance examination. Preamplifiers amplify the radio-frequency signals, and a transmission device transmits the radio-frequency signals from the local coil to the preamplifiers. The transmission device is fashioned as a readout coil and has a number of individual antennas. The individual antennas of the readout coil are magnetically coupled with the individual antennas of the local coil, with the individual antennas of the local coil and the individual antennas of the readout coil forming a linear MIMO transmission system describable by a transmission matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Helmut Greim, Joerg Rothard, Markus Vester
  • Publication number: 20100148775
    Abstract: A standing wave barrier, particularly for use in a magnetic resonance tomography device, has a body and an opening in the body that is fashioned to accommodate a cable, the opening being formed as an externally open groove along a longitudinal direction of the standing wave barrier, and is shaped so that the cable can glide in and out along the standing wave barrier through the groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventor: Helmut Greim
  • Publication number: 20100121180
    Abstract: A head coil for a magnetic resonance apparatus has a supporting body that carries a number of antenna elements. The supporting body has an end section that is shaped as a spherical cap. A butterfly antenna is mounted at the end section, and is annularly surrounded by at least one group antenna that overlaps the butterfly antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Daniel Driemel, Helmut Greim, Karsten Jahns
  • Patent number: 7639011
    Abstract: A field distribution correction element for positioning on an examination subject in a magnetic resonance system for local influencing of the radio-frequency field distribution during a magnetic resonance acquisition has a system of electrically conductive dipole strips essentially running in parallel, arranged on a carrier element. In a corresponding method for generation of magnetic resonance exposures of an examination subject in a magnetic resonance system, for local influencing of the radio-frequency field distribution, such a field distribution correction element is positioned on the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Yvonne Candidus, Helmut Greim, Markus Vester, Steffen Wolf
  • Publication number: 20090256564
    Abstract: In a method for processing radio frequency signals of a magnetic resonance imaging system in which the coil portion of the magnetic resonance imaging system includes a body coil and a local coil, radio frequency signals are supplied to the body coil, and these radio frequency signals are coupled to said local coil, and transmitted by said local coil into a region to be examined. A corresponding radio frequency system has a local coil and a body coil, with power coupling between the local coil and the body coil; during the phase for transmitting the radio frequency signals. The body coil serves to couple the radio frequency signals to be transmitted to the local coil, and the local coil serves to transmit the coupled radio frequency signals to a region to be examined. This method and system allow the transmitting function of the local coil to be achieved without having a coil plug on a patient bed to provide a radio frequency signal transmitting channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Helmut Greim, Markus Vester, Jian Min Wang, Wei Dong Wang, Yao Xing
  • Publication number: 20090237081
    Abstract: An arrangement to detune a reception antenna in a local coil of a magnetic resonance system, with at least one reception antenna that is fashioned as a loop antenna and that has at least one first capacitance. Radio-frequency signals of a magnetic resonance examination are received via the reception antenna. A switchable detuning circuit contains the first capacitance connected to an oscillating circuit and a first inductance. A reception device to receive a control signal is coupled with the oscillating circuit. The reception device switches the oscillating circuit into a high-resistance state given a received control signal so that a receipt of a radio-frequency signal via the reception antenna is prevented. The reception device is fashioned to receive a wirelessly transmitted radio-frequency control signal. The radio-frequency control signal has a frequency that lies outside of the bandwidth of the radio-frequency signal used for magnetic resonance examination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Helmut Greim, Joerg Christopher Stapf
  • Patent number: 7570059
    Abstract: A double resonance coil arrangement for a magnetic resonance device has at least two coils, each having a coil conductor, in which at least one first capacitor, as well as at least one inductor forming an oscillating circuit with a second capacitor, are connected. The inductors of two adjacently arranged coils are at a distance from one another and form a transformer. The capacitors, the inductor and the distance are dimensioned such that each coil is double resonant and the at least two coils are decoupled from each other by the transformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Helmut Greim, Volker Matschi
  • Patent number: 7550973
    Abstract: In a method and arrangement for local manipulation of a B1 field in a first region of an examination subject in an examination volume of a magnetic resonance system, a B1 measurement value that represents the B1 field in the sub-volume during an adjustment measurement is integrally determined, and in desired radio-frequency signal parameters for a subsequent magnetic resonance measurement are predetermined on the basis of the determined B1 measurement value. At least during the adjustment measurement, the B1 field is influenced within a second region counter to the manipulation intended in the first region by means of an auxiliary coil element which is arranged in or at the second region of the sub-volume remote from the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Helmut Greim, Steffen Wolf