Patents by Inventor Jason K. Mendes

Jason K. Mendes 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: 10123720
    Abstract: Systems and methods which generate a sequence of images using turbo spin echo magnetic resonance imaging which are retrospectively correlated with periodic motion occurring within a subject being imaged are described. In one embodiment, k-space measurements (or the measurements from which images are formed) are captured during, and correlated with, different phases in a cardiac cycle of the subject. With this sequence, the images that are produced are able to show, and/or compensate for, motion correlated with the cardiac cycle of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Dennis L. Parker, Jason K. Mendes, Jordan Hulet
  • Publication number: 20150011867
    Abstract: Systems and methods which generate a sequence of images using turbo spin echo magnetic resonance imaging which are retrospectively correlated with periodic motion occurring within a subject being imaged are described. In one embodiment, k-space measurements (or the measurements from which images are formed) are captured during, and correlated with, different phases in a cardiac cycle of the subject. With this sequence, the images that are produced are able to show, and/or compensate for, motion correlated with the cardiac cycle of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Dennis L. Parker, Jason K. Mendes, Jordan Hulet
  • Patent number: 8811694
    Abstract: A self-navigating technique designed to detect motion in segmented sequences is disclosed. Certain embodiments compare a plurality of segments containing adjacent sets of k-space lines and produce an aliased error function which corresponds to a correlation of the segments. A global shift of the aliased error function may indicate the presence of in-plane rigid-body translation while other types of motion are evident in the dispersion or breadth of the error function. Some embodiments may then replace motion corrupted data with reacquired data. Further, some embodiments may correct or remove corrupted data retrospectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jason K. Mendes, Dennis L. Parker
  • Patent number: 8738113
    Abstract: Systems and methods which generate a sequence of images using turbo spin echo magnetic resonance imaging which are retrospectively correlated with periodic motion occurring within a subject being imaged are described. In one embodiment, k-space measurements (or the measurements from which images are formed) are captured during, and correlated with, different phases in a cardiac cycle of the subject. With this sequence, the images that are produced are able to show, and/or compensate for, motion correlated with the cardiac cycle of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Dennis L. Parker, Jason K. Mendes, Jordan Hulet
  • Publication number: 20120082355
    Abstract: A self-navigating technique designed to detect motion in segmented sequences is disclosed. Certain embodiments compare a plurality of segments containing adjacent sets of k-space lines and produce an aliased error function which corresponds to a correlation of the segments. A global shift of the aliased error function may indicate the presence of in-plane rigid-body translation while other types of motion are evident in the dispersion or breadth of the error function. Some embodiments may then replace motion corrupted data with reacquired data. Further, some embodiments may correct or remove corrupted data retrospectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jason K. Mendes, Dennis L. Parker
  • Publication number: 20120083687
    Abstract: Systems and methods which generate a sequence of images using turbo spin echo magnetic resonance imaging which are retrospectively correlated with periodic motion occurring within a subject being imaged are described. In one embodiment, k-space measurements (or the measurements from which images are formed) are captured during, and correlated with, different phases in a cardiac cycle of the subject. With this sequence, the images that are produced are able to show, and/or compensate for, motion correlated with the cardiac cycle of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Dennis L. Parker, Jason K. Mendes, Jordan Hulet