Patents by Inventor Jürgen Nistler

Jürgen Nistler 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: 12105168
    Abstract: A method of operating a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus includes exciting a body coil of the MRI apparatus to emit a radio-frequency signal, determining a center frequency of a resonance curve of the body coil, and calculating a magnet target frequency based on the determined center frequency. A magnet is ramped to the magnet target frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Healthineers AG
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Adrian Bampton, Markus Vester, Andre de Oliveira, Volker Model, Jürgen Nistler, Andreas Potthast, Adam Paul Johnstone
  • Patent number: 12105172
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance tomography unit includes a magnet unit having a magnetic controller for generating a homogenous magnetic field. The magnetic controller is configured to change the homogenous magnetic field in a short, predetermined time within image acquisition of an object under examination, such that a Larmor frequency for a predetermined layer of the object under examination remains in a predetermined frequency range. A layer in the object under examination is selected and a value for the homogenous magnetic field, in which the Larmor frequencies of the nuclear spins of the layer lie in a predetermined frequency band, is determined by a control unit taking into account a predetermined magnetic field gradient. The established value for the homogenous magnetic field and the predetermined magnetic field gradient is set by the magnetic controller, and an excitation pulse, frequencies of which only lie in the predetermined frequency band, is emitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Healthineers AG
    Inventors: Georg Seegerer, Stephan Kannengießer, Rainer Schneider, Jürgen Nistler, Markus Vester
  • Publication number: 20240248160
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a detector unit comprising a radio frequency antenna unit and a gradient coil unit surrounding the radio frequency antenna unit concentrically, each embodied as hollow cylinders surrounding a cylinder axis in the longitudinal direction. The detector unit comprises at least four shim units, which are embodied as oblong shapes and are each arranged in parallel to the cylinder axis at various positions in the circumferential direction on a first inner surface, with said first inner surface corresponding to the side of the gradient coil unit facing towards the cylinder axis, and forming raised areas in the direction of the cylinder axis . The detector unit comprises a fixing unit embodied for fixing the at least four shim units to the gradient coil unit, and an RF screen, which is arranged at least partly between the radio frequency antenna unit and the gradient coil unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: Siemens Healthineers AG
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Stefan Stocker, Andrew Dewdney, Jürgen Nistler, Ludwig Eberler, Simon Körber
  • Patent number: 11940513
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance tomography unit and a method for operating the magnetic resonance tomography unit are provided. The magnetic resonance tomography unit has a transmission interference suppression device with a transmission interference suppression control system, a sensor, and a transmission interference suppression antenna. The transmission interference suppression device is configured to acquire, with the sensor, an excitation signal of the transmitter, and determine, with the transmission interference suppression control system, a transmission interference suppression signal dependent upon the acquired excitation signal of the transmitter. The transmission interference suppression device is configured to transmit, via the transmission interference suppression antenna, the transmission interference suppression signal, so that at a predetermined location outside the magnetic resonance tomography unit, the excitation signal emitted by the transmitter via the transmitter antenna is attenuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Healthineers AG
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Jürgen Nistler, Markus Vester
  • Patent number: 11933868
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance tomography system that includes a transmitter for generating an excitation signal and a body coil for emitting the excitation signal, and a method for operation of the magnetic resonance tomography system are provided. The magnetic resonance tomography system has a patient tunnel, in which the body coil is arranged. The magnetic resonance tomography system also has a first transmission interference suppression antenna that is arranged between the body coil and an opening in the patient tunnel. The first transmission interference suppression antenna is configured to provide a spatial transmission characteristic that may be compared with the body coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Nistler, Markus Vester
  • Patent number: 11860252
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) unit includes a field magnet, a transmitter, and a transmitting antenna. The MRT unit also has a transmission interference suppression facility with a transmission interference suppression controller, a plurality of sensors, and a transmission interference suppression antenna. The transmission interference suppression facility is configured to pick up, with the sensors, an excitation signal of the transmitter, determine, with the transmission interference suppression controller, a transmission interference suppression signal as a function of the excitation signal of the transmitter, and emit the signal via the transmission interference suppression antenna, so that at a predetermined location outside of the MRT unit, an electromagnetic alternating field of an excitation signal emitted by the transmitter via the transmitting antenna is attenuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Nistler, Rainer Schneider, Georg Seegerer, Stephan Kannengießer
  • Patent number: 11774533
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus has an MRT system with an MR receiving antenna configured to receive a first receive signal containing an MR signal from an object to be examined during an examination period. The imaging apparatus includes a modality for examining the object and/or for acting on the object via mechanical or electromagnetic waves, wherein the modality has an electronic circuit. The imaging apparatus includes an auxiliary antenna arranged and configured to receive a second receive signal containing an interference signal generated by the electronic circuit during the examination period. The imaging apparatus has a processing system configured to suppress interference in the first receive signal based on the first and the second receive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventors: Philipp Hoecht, Juergen Nistler, Ludwig Eberler, Stephan Kannengiesser, Dieter Ritter, Stephan Biber, Rainer Schneider, Jan Bollenbeck
  • Publication number: 20230280425
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance tomography system with a sensor for detecting spikes and with a gradient coil. Nuclear spins of an object under observation are excited by a magnetic alternating field of the magnetic resonance tomography system. A gradient field is generated by the magnetic resonance tomography system using the gradient coil. A magnetic resonance signal is acquired using a receiving antenna of the magnetic resonance tomography system and an interference signal using the sensor. From the magnetic resonance signal an image is reconstructed as a function of the acquired interference signal of the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Rainer Schneider, Jürgen Nistler, Razvan Lazar, Stephan Biber
  • Patent number: 11550009
    Abstract: A method of operating a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus includes exciting a body coil of the MRI apparatus to emit a radio-frequency signal, determining a center frequency of a resonance curve of the body coil, and calculating a magnet target frequency based on the determined center frequency. A magnet is ramped to the magnet target frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Adrian Bampton, Markus Vester, Andre de Oliveira, Volker Model, Jürgen Nistler, Andreas Potthast, Adam Paul Johnstone
  • Publication number: 20220381860
    Abstract: A method of operating a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus includes exciting a body coil of the MRI apparatus to emit a radio-frequency signal, determining a center frequency of a resonance curve of the body coil, and calculating a magnet target frequency based on the determined center frequency. A magnet is ramped to the magnet target frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Adrian Bampton, Markus Vester, Andre de Oliveira, Volker Model, Jürgen Nistler, Andreas Potthast, Adam Paul Johnstone
  • Publication number: 20220373626
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus has an MRT system with an MR receiving antenna configured to receive a first receive signal containing an MR signal from an object to be examined during an examination period. The imaging apparatus includes a modality for examining the object and/or for acting on the object via mechanical or electromagnetic waves, wherein the modality has an electronic circuit. The imaging apparatus includes an auxiliary antenna arranged and configured to receive a second receive signal containing an interference signal generated by the electronic circuit during the examination period. The imaging apparatus has a processing system configured to suppress interference in the first receive signal based on the first and the second receive signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp HOECHT, Juergen NISTLER, Ludwig EBERLER, Stephan KANNENGIESSER, Dieter RITTER, Stephan BIBER, Rainer SCHNEIDER, Jan BOLLENBECK
  • Patent number: 11500051
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance tomography system has an interference suppression transmitter and an interference suppression antenna. The interference suppression transmitter is configured to output an interference suppression signal via the interference suppression antenna as a function of a transmission interference suppression parameter determined from a patient property. In a predetermined region of an environment of the magnetic resonance tomography system, a field strength of the excitation pulse is reduced by destructive interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Jürgen Nistler, Rainer Schneider, Markus Vester
  • Publication number: 20220317213
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance tomography unit includes a magnet unit having a magnetic controller for generating a homogenous magnetic field. The magnetic controller is configured to change the homogenous magnetic field in a short, predetermined time within image acquisition of an object under examination, such that a Larmor frequency for a predetermined layer of the object under examination remains in a predetermined frequency range. A layer in the object under examination is selected and a value for the homogenous magnetic field, in which the Larmor frequencies of the nuclear spins of the layer lie in a predetermined frequency band, is determined by a control unit taking into account a predetermined magnetic field gradient. The established value for the homogenous magnetic field and the predetermined magnetic field gradient is set by the magnetic controller, and an excitation pulse, frequencies of which only lie in the predetermined frequency band, is emitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Georg Seegerer, Stephan Kannengießer, Rainer Schneider, Jürgen Nistler, Markus Vester
  • Publication number: 20220291310
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) unit includes a field magnet, a transmitter, and a transmitting antenna. The MRT unit also has a transmission interference suppression facility with a transmission interference suppression controller, a plurality of sensors, and a transmission interference suppression antenna. The transmission interference suppression facility is configured to pick up, with the sensors, an excitation signal of the transmitter, determine, with the transmission interference suppression controller, a transmission interference suppression signal as a function of the excitation signal of the transmitter, and emit the signal via the transmission interference suppression antenna, so that at a predetermined location outside of the MRT unit, an electromagnetic alternating field of an excitation signal emitted by the transmitter via the transmitting antenna is attenuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Jürgen Nistler, Rainer Schneider, Georg Seegerer, Stephan Kannengießer
  • Publication number: 20220137168
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance tomography system that includes a transmitter for generating an excitation signal and a body coil for emitting the excitation signal, and a method for operation of the magnetic resonance tomography system are provided. The magnetic resonance tomography system has a patient tunnel, in which the body coil is arranged. The magnetic resonance tomography system also has a first transmission interference suppression antenna that is arranged between the body coil and an opening in the patient tunnel. The first transmission interference suppression antenna is configured to provide a spatial transmission characteristic that may be compared with the body coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Jürgen Nistler, Markus Vester
  • Publication number: 20220082642
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance tomography unit and a method for operating the magnetic resonance tomography unit are provided. The magnetic resonance tomography unit has a transmission interference suppression device with a transmission interference suppression control system, a sensor, and a transmission interference suppression antenna. The transmission interference suppression device is configured to acquire, with the sensor, an excitation signal of the transmitter, and determine, with the transmission interference suppression control system, a transmission interference suppression signal dependent upon the acquired excitation signal of the transmitter. The transmission interference suppression device is configured to transmit, via the transmission interference suppression antenna, the transmission interference suppression signal, so that at a predetermined location outside the magnetic resonance tomography unit, the excitation signal emitted by the transmitter via the transmitter antenna is attenuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Jürgen Nistler, Markus Vester
  • Patent number: 11226384
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for operating a magnetic resonance tomograph. A transmitter of the magnetic resonance tomograph transmits a predetermined test pulse with a reduced power. The magnetic resonance tomograph receives the test pulse with the local coil. A controller compares the received test pulse with a predetermined pulse response and emits a warning signal when the received test signal differs from the predetermined pulse response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Nistler, Volker Matschl, Stephan Biber, Rainer Kurth, Christian Wünsch, Georg Martschenko
  • Patent number: 11193997
    Abstract: A method of operating a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus includes exciting a body coil of the MRI apparatus to emit a radio-frequency signal, determining a center frequency of a resonance curve of the body coil, and calculating a magnet target frequency based on the determined center frequency. A magnet is ramped to the magnet target frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Adrian Bampton, Markus Vester, Andre de Oliveira, Volker Model, Jürgen Nistler, Andreas Potthast, Adam Paul Johnstone
  • Publication number: 20210356540
    Abstract: A method of operating a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus includes exciting a body coil of the MRI apparatus to emit a radio-frequency signal, determining a center frequency of a resonance curve of the body coil, and calculating a magnet target frequency based on the determined center frequency. A magnet is ramped to the magnet target frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Adrian Bampton, Markus Vester, Andre de Oliveira, Volker Model, Jürgen Nistler, Andreas Potthast, Adam Paul Johnstone
  • Publication number: 20210325494
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance tomography system has an interference suppression transmitter and an interference suppression antenna. The interference suppression transmitter is configured to output an interference suppression signal via the interference suppression antenna as a function of a transmission interference suppression parameter determined from a patient property. In a predetermined region of an environment of the magnetic resonance tomography system, a field strength of the excitation pulse is reduced by destructive interference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Jürgen Nistler, Rainer Schneider, Markus Vester