Patents by Inventor Jan Bollenbeck

Jan Bollenbeck 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: 8390292
    Abstract: In a method and an arrangement for magnetic resonance signal transmission, a first channel of a local coil arrangement has a first individual antenna that receives a first magnetic resonance signal, and a first frequency converter connected with the first individual antenna, and the first frequency converter forms a first signal with the first magnetic resonance signal supplied thereto and a first oscillator signal supplied thereto. A second channel of the local coil arrangement has a second individual antenna that receives a second magnetic resonance signal, and a second frequency converter connected with the second individual antenna, and the second frequency converter forms a second signal from the second magnetic resonance signal supplied thereto and a second oscillator signal supplied thereto. The local coil arrangement has a signal combination device that applies the first signal and the second signal to a single transmission path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Jan Bollenbeck
  • Publication number: 20120319884
    Abstract: A system and method for converting an analog detection signal of a magnetic resonance detection coil into a digital detection signal and for transmitting the detection signal to an evaluating device. In an embodiment, the detection signal is digitized by an analog-to-digital converter, decimated by a decimation filter, transmitted through a transmission route, then equalized by an equalizing filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Jan Bollenbeck, Stefan Schwarzer, Markus Vester
  • Publication number: 20120249140
    Abstract: A local coil system for a magnetic resonance system has a local coil for detecting MR response signals and a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting signals to the magnetic resonance system. At least one pseudo random device is operable to change signals in a pseudo random fashion in order to avoid interferences in the imaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Andre Albsmeier, Jan Bollenbeck, Klaus Pistor, Florian Poprawa, Stefan Schwarzer, Markus Vester, Thomas Wuchenauer
  • Publication number: 20120249135
    Abstract: The present embodiments relate to a local coil system for a magnetic resonance system. The local coil system includes at least one local coil for detecting MR response signals and at least one transmitting device for the wireless transmission of signals to a receiver of the magnetic resonance system. The local coil system is embodied with a transmitter-side diversity. A receiver-side diversity may exist in the magnetic resonance system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Andre Albsmeier, Jan Bollenbeck, Florian Poprawa, Stefan Schwarzer, Markus Vester
  • Patent number: 8249688
    Abstract: In a method to affix RF coils (in particular local coils) on a patient in examinations with a magnetic resonance apparatus, a horizontal board accommodates the patient for a magnetic resonance examination to be implemented, an RF coil that has coil electronics is affixed with a fastening strap on the patient, and the fastening strap has a connection cable integrated therewith. The coil electronics are supplied with energy via the integrated connection cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jan Bollenbeck, Wolfgang Renz
  • Publication number: 20120071117
    Abstract: Front bandpass filters that are essentially transmissive only between a minimum frequency and a maximum frequency filter the magnetic resonance signals. Front frequency mixers mix output signals of each of the bandpass filters with a front LO frequency that is standard for all the magnetic resonance signals. Rear bandpass filters that are essentially transmissive only around a front intermediate frequency filter the output signals of the front frequency mixers. Rear frequency mixers mix output signals of each of the rear bandpass filters with a respective constant rear LO frequency. Frequency filters that are transmissive for frequencies in the range of the difference of the rear LO frequency that is supplied to the rear frequency mixer arranged upstream thereof and the front intermediate frequency filter the output signals of the rear frequency mixers. Output signals of the frequency filters are combined into a common signal, which is transmitted onward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: STEPHAN BIBER, Jan Bollenbeck, Ralph Oppelt, Markus Vester
  • Publication number: 20120071750
    Abstract: In a method to affix RF coils (in particular local coils) on a patient in examinations with a magnetic resonance apparatus, a horizontal board accommodates the patient for a magnetic resonance examination to be implemented, an RF coil that has coil electronics is affixed with a fastening strap on the patient, and the fastening strap has a connection cable integrated therewith. The coil electronics are supplied with energy via the integrated connection cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Jan BOLLENBECK, Wolfgang RENZ
  • Publication number: 20120020259
    Abstract: A preprocessing circuit for receive signals of a local coil in a magnetic resonance facility (1) includes an arrangement for supplying at least one auxiliary frequency signal of an auxiliary frequency. For at least one or the auxiliary frequency signal, a frequency multiplier generates the auxiliary frequency signal from an intermediate signal transmitted from a receive system of the magnetic resonance facility by way of a transmission link. The multiplier generates the auxiliary frequency signal with a frequency corresponding to a whole-number fraction of the auxiliary frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Jan Bollenbeck, Ralph Oppelt
  • Patent number: 8055196
    Abstract: An arrangement for transmitting magnetic resonance signals, with a transmission link that connects a local coil with a receiver, has a first channel of the local coil with a first single antenna to acquire a first magnetic resonance signal, as well as a first mixer connected with the first single antenna. The first mixer forms an intermediate-frequency first signal from the supplied first magnetic resonance signal. A second channel of the local coil has a second single antenna to acquire a second magnetic resonance signal, as well as a second mixer connected with the second single antenna. The second mixer forms an intermediate-frequency second signal from the supplied second magnetic resonance signal. The local coil has a device for signal combination that, by frequency multiplexing, that combines the intermediate-frequency first signal of the first channel and the intermediate-frequency second signal of the second channel so that it arrives at the receiver via the transmission path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Jan Bollenbeck, Ralph Oppelt, Markus Vester
  • Publication number: 20110109315
    Abstract: In a magnetic resonance tomography local coil arrangement and a method for processing signals received thereby at least one local coil is fashioned to receive at least one reception signal and at least one amplifier is provided that amplifies the at least one reception signal. A frequency converter generates at least one intermediate frequency signal from the at least one reception signal the intermediate frequency of the intermediate frequency signal differing from the reception signal frequency of each reception signal. An analog-digital converter converts the analog intermediate frequency signal into a digitized signal. A shielding device shields against at least radio-frequency signals, the shielding device surrounding at least the analog-digital converter. At least one frequency filter is arranged between the at least one local coil and the analog-digital converter, the frequency filter exhibiting a transmission range for signals with the intermediate frequency of an intermediate frequency signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Jan Bollenbeck, Markus Vester
  • Patent number: 7890070
    Abstract: A filter circuit arrangement for filtering of a radio-frequency signal has a first tunable filter and a phase regulation loop in order to hold the first tunable filter to a transmission phase constant relative to the frequency of the radio-frequency signal. The filter circuit arrangement has a second tunable filter arranged parallel to the first tunable filter in the phase regulation loop. The first tunable filter and the second tunable filter exhibit different attenuation characteristics and are fashioned and connected within the phase regulation loop so that: a capture range of the filter circuit arrangement, in which a tuning of the phase regulation loop to a radio-frequency signal to be filtered is possible is dominated by the attenuation characteristic of the second tunable filter, and so that the transmission behavior of the filter circuit arrangement in operation is dominated by the attenuation characteristic of the first tunable filter, given a tuned phase regulation loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jan Bollenbeck, Ralph Oppelt
  • Patent number: 7834628
    Abstract: An arrangement to transmit magnetic resonance signals has at least two reception branches. Each reception branch contains a single antenna of a local coil as well as an amplifier connected with the single antenna, such that an amplified magnetic resonance signal is formed from a magnetic resonance signal that is acquired via the single antenna. In a multiplexer, each input is connected with a respective reception branch, such that the amplified magnetic resonance signals of the reception branch are combined by the multiplexer into a resulting signal using a time multiplexing method. A transmission path is connected on one side with an output of the multiplexer and on the other side with a receiver, such that the resulting signal is transmitted from the multiplexer to the receiver via the transmission path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Jan Bollenbeck, Ralph Oppelt, Markus Vester
  • Publication number: 20100201365
    Abstract: In a method and an arrangement for magnetic resonance signal transmission, a first channel of a local coil arrangement has a first individual antenna that receives a first magnetic resonance signal, and a first frequency converter connected with the first individual antenna, and the first frequency converter forms a first signal with the first magnetic resonance signal supplied thereto and a first oscillator signal supplied thereto. A second channel of the local coil arrangement has a second individual antenna that receives a second magnetic resonance signal, and a second frequency converter connected with the second individual antenna, and the second frequency converter forms a second signal from the second magnetic resonance signal supplied thereto and a second oscillator signal supplied thereto. The local coil arrangement has a signal combination device that applies the first signal and the second signal to a single transmission path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventor: Jan Bollenbeck
  • Publication number: 20090286478
    Abstract: An arrangement for transmitting magnetic resonance signals, with a transmission link that connects a local coil with a receiver, has a first channel of the local coil with a first single antenna to acquire a first magnetic resonance signal, as well as a first mixer connected with the first single antenna. The first mixer forms an intermediate-frequency first signal from the supplied first magnetic resonance signal. A second channel of the local coil has a second single antenna to acquire a second magnetic resonance signal, as well as a second mixer connected with the second single antenna. The second mixer forms an intermediate-frequency second signal from the supplied second magnetic resonance signal. The local coil has a device for signal combination that, by frequency multiplexing, that combines the intermediate-frequency first signal of the first channel and the intermediate-frequency second signal of the second channel so that it arrives at the receiver via the transmission path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Jan Bollenbeck, Ralph Oppelt, Markus Vester
  • Patent number: 7606551
    Abstract: In a mixer circuit with a balanced frequency mixer with varactor diodes, a first input signal that exhibits a first input frequency can be fed to the frequency mixer via a first input. Furthermore, a second input signal that exhibits a second input frequency can be fed to the frequency mixer via a second input. The frequency mixer has at least two amplifier elements fashioned as varactor diodes. These amplifier elements mix the input signals with one another into a mix signal with a first signal component and a second signal component. The first signal component exhibits a first component frequency, the second signal component a second component frequency. The first component frequency is equal to the sum of the first and second input frequencies, the second component frequency is equal to the difference of the first and second input frequencies. An output signal that contains at least one of the signal components can be tapped via the output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jan Bollenbeck, Martin Hergt, Markus Vester
  • Patent number: 7583084
    Abstract: In an arrangement for conversion of an analog acquisition signal of an acquisition coil of a magnetic resonance apparatus into a digital signal, the output of the acquisition coil is connected with a low-noise amplifier such that the analog acquisition signal from the acquisition coil arrives at the amplifier. The amplifier is connected at the output side with a device for analog-digital conversion, such that the analog acquisition signal arrives at the device for analog-digital conversion as an amplified acquisition signal for analog-digital conversion. The device for analog-digital conversion is designed as a delta-sigma modulator that forms a digital data stream with a width of one bit from the amplified acquisition signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Jan Bollenbeck
  • Publication number: 20090096455
    Abstract: An arrangement to transmit magnetic resonance signals has at least two reception branches. Each reception branch contains a single antenna of a local coil as well as an amplifier connected with the single antenna, such that an amplified magnetic resonance signal is formed from a magnetic resonance signal that is acquired via the single antenna. In a multiplexer, each input is connected with a respective reception branch, such that the amplified magnetic resonance signals of the reception branch are combined by the multiplexer into a resulting signal using a time multiplexing method. A transmission path is connected on one side with an output of the multiplexer and on the other side with a receiver, such that the resulting signal is transmitted from the multiplexer to the receiver via the transmission path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Jan Bollenbeck, Ralph Oppelt, Markus Vester
  • Patent number: 7504883
    Abstract: An amplifier device including at least one operational amplifier, whereby a transformer is connected upstream from the input of the operational amplifier and the output signal of the operational amplifier or a signal generated from this output signal is fed back again to the input of the operational amplifier via a path with a predetermined resistance whereby the feedback signal is fed back before the input of the transformer whereby the transformer is designed or connected in a signal-inverting manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jan Bollenbeck, Ralph Oppelt
  • Patent number: 7459946
    Abstract: In a circuit arrangement for generation of a reference signal with an oscillation generator, a phase-controlled filter and a frequency multiplier are arranged downstream from the oscillation generator. The frequency multiplier is connected with an output for emission of the reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jan Bollenbeck, Markus Vester
  • Publication number: 20080287775
    Abstract: In an arrangement to affix RF coils (in particular local coils) on a patient in examinations with a magnetic resonance apparatus, using a horizontal board to accommodate the patient for a magnetic resonance examination to be implemented; with the RF coil that has coil electronics; a fastening strap is fashioned to affix the coil on the patient and the fastening strap has an connection cable integrated therewith. The coil electronics are supplied with energy via the integrated connection cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Jan Bollenbeck, Wolfgang Renz