Patents by Inventor Johannes Martinus Peeters
Johannes Martinus Peeters 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).
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Patent number: 11852705Abstract: The invention relates to a method of MR imaging of an object (10). It is an object of the invention to enable MR imaging using a 3D radial or spiral acquisition scheme providing an enhanced image quality in the presence of motion. The method comprises the steps of: —generating MR signals by subjecting the object (10) to an imaging sequence comprising RF pulses and switched magnetic field gradients; —acquiring the MR signals using a 3D radial or spiral acquisition scheme with oversampling of a central portion (26) of k-space; —detecting motion-induced displacements (d) and/or deformations of the object (10) during the acquisition of the MR signals and assigning each of the acquired MR signals to a motion state; —reconstructing an MR image from the MR signals weighted in the central portion (26) of k-space, wherein a stronger weighting (W, 30) is applied to MR signals acquired in more frequent motion states, while a weaker weighting (W, 31, 32) is applied to MR signals acquired in less frequent motion states.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Gabriele Beck, Chennakeshava Krishna, Suthambhara Nagaraj, Johannes Martinus Peeters
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Publication number: 20230230207Abstract: Disclosed herein is a medical system (100, 300) comprising a memory (110) storing machine executable instructions (120) and an image segmentation algorithm (122). The image segmentation algorithm is configured for outputting one or more prede-termined anatomical regions within initial magnetic resonance imaging data (124) descriptive of a predetermined field of view (109) of a subject (318).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2021Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Johannes Martinus Peeters, Shuo Zhang, Guillaume Rudolf Petrus Thelissen
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Publication number: 20220413080Abstract: The invention relates to a method of MR imaging of an object (10) placed in an examination volume of an MR apparatus (1). It is an object of the invention to enable fast 3D MR imaging that provides motion-compensation and also allows a precise compensation for system imperfections. The method of the invention comprises the steps of: —subjecting the object (10) to a number of shots (S1-S4) of a 3D imaging sequence, wherein a train of MR signals is generated by each shot (S1-S4), each MR signal representing a k-space profile, wherein the set of k-space profiles of each shot (S1-S4) comprises at least one navigator profile and a number of imaging profiles; —acquiring the MR signals; —deriving motion information from the at least one navigator profile; and —reconstructing an MR image from the imaging profiles, wherein a motion-compensation is applied based on the motion information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2020Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Gabrielle Marianne BECK, Guruprasad KRISHNAMOORTHY, Suthambhara NAGARAJ, Chennakeshava KRISHNA, Johannes Martinus PEETERS
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Publication number: 20220146614Abstract: The invention relates to a method of MR imaging of an object (10). It is an object of the invention to enable MR imaging using a 3D radial or spiral acquisition scheme providing an enhanced image quality in the presence of motion. The method comprises the steps of: —generating MR signals by subjecting the object (10) to an imaging sequence comprising RF pulses and switched magnetic field gradients; —acquiring the MR signals using a 3D radial or spiral acquisition scheme with oversampling of a central portion (26) of k-space; —detecting motion-induced displacements (d) and/or deformations of the object (10) during the acquisition of the MR signals and assigning each of the acquired MR signals to a motion state; —reconstructing an MR image from the MR signals weighted in the central portion (26) of k-space, wherein a stronger weighting (W, 30) is applied to MR signals acquired in more frequent motion states, while a weaker weighting (W, 31, 32) is applied to MR signals acquired in less frequent motion states.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2020Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: GABRIELE BECK, CHENNAKESHAVA KRISHNA, SUTHAMBHARA NAGARAJ, JOHANNES MARTINUS PEETERS
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Patent number: 10955506Abstract: A magnetic resonance (MR) imaging technique enables parallel imaging in combination with fat suppression at an increased image quality, notably in combination with EPI. The method includes acquiring reference MR signal data from the object in a pre-scan and acquiring imaging MR signal data from the object in parallel via one or more receiving coils having different spatial sensitivity profiles. The MR signal data are acquired with sub-sampling of k-space and with spectral fat suppression and an MR image is reconstructed from the imaging MR signal data. Sub-sampling artefacts are eliminated using sensitivity maps indicating the spatial sensitivity profiles of the two or more RF receiving coils. A B0 map is derived from the reference MR signal data and the spatial dependence of the effectivity of the spectral fat suppression is determined using the Bo map.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Johannes Martinus Peeters, Elwin De Weerdt
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Publication number: 20190277934Abstract: The invention relates to a method of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of an object positioned in an examination volume of a MR device. One aspect of the invention provides a method that enables parallel imaging in combination with fat suppression at an increased image quality, notably in combination with EPI. The method includes: acquiring reference MR signal data from the object in a pre-scan, acquiring imaging MR signal data from the object in parallel via one or more receiving coils having different spatial sensitivity profiles, wherein the MR signal data are acquired with sub-sampling of k-space and with spectral fat suppression, and reconstructing an MR image from the imaging MR signal data, wherein sub-sampling artefacts are eliminated using sensitivity maps indicating the spatial sensitivity profiles of the two or more RF receiving coils. A B0 map is derived from the reference MR signal data and the spatial dependence of the effectivity of the spectral fat suppression is determined using the B0 map.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Inventors: Johannes Martinus PEETERS, Elwin DE WEERDT
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Patent number: 10107882Abstract: A method of MR imaging includes acquiring reference MR signal data from the object (10); deriving a B0 map from the reference MR signal data; adapting sensitivity maps according to the B0 map, which sensitivity maps indicate spatial sensitivity profiles of one or more RF receiving coils (11, 12, 13), to correct for geometric distortions of the sensitivity maps; acquiring imaging MR signal data from the object (10) via the one or more receiving coils (11, 12, 13) with sub-sampling of k-space; and reconstructing a MR image from the imaging MR signal data. Sub-sampling artifacts are eliminated using the adapted sensitivity maps. The reference MR signal data are acquired using a multi-point Dixon technique. A water image and a fat image are reconstructed from the imaging MR signal data using separate water and fat sensitivity maps. The water and fat images are preferably reconstructed using regularized SENSE.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Elwin de Weerdt, Steven Koppelman, Johannes Martinus Peeters
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Patent number: 9841482Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging system (1) includes a denoising unit (24), and a reconstruction unit (20). The denoising unit (24) denoises a partial image and provides a spatially localized measure of a denoising effectivity. The reconstruction unit (20) iteratively reconstructs an output image from the received MR data processed with a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), and in subsequent iterations includes the denoised partial image and the spatially localized measure of the denoising effectivity.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2013Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Miha Fuderer, Johannes Martinus Peeters, Adrianus Joseph Willibrordus Duijndam
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Publication number: 20160124064Abstract: The invention relates to a method of MR imaging of an object positioned in an examination volume of a MR device (1). The method comprises the steps of: acquiring reference MR signal data from the object (10); deriving a Bo map from the reference MR signal data; adapting sensitivity maps according to the B0 map, which sensitivity maps indicate spatial sensitivity profiles of one or more RF receiving coils (11, 12, 13), to correct for geometric distortions of the sensitivity maps; acquiring imaging MR signal data from the object (10) via the one or more receiving coils (11, 12, 13) with sub-sampling of k-space; and reconstructing a MR image from the imaging MR signal data, wherein sub-sampling artefacts are eliminated using the adapted sensitivity maps. In a preferred embodiment, the reference MR signal data are acquired using a multi-point Dixon technique, wherein a water map and a fat map are derived from the reference MR signal data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2014Publication date: May 5, 2016Inventors: Elwin de Weerdt, Steven Koppelman, Johannes Martinus Peeters
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Publication number: 20150212180Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging system (1) includes a denoising unit (24), and a reconstruction unit (20). The denoising unit (24) denoises a partial image and provides a spatially localized measure of a denoising effectivity. The reconstruction unit (20) iteratively reconstructs an output image from the received MR data processed with a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), and in subsequent iterations includes the denoised partial image and the spatially localized measure of the denoising effectivity.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2013Publication date: July 30, 2015Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Miha Fuderer, Johannes Martinus Peeters, Adrianus Joseph Willibrordus Duijndam
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Patent number: 8866476Abstract: The invention relates to a method of MR imaging of at least a portion of a body (10) of a patient placed in an examination volume of an MR device (1). The object of the invention is to provide an improved, i.e. faster, parallel imaging technique. The invention proposes to acquire a survey signal data set (21, 22) at a low image resolution, which survey signal data set (21, 22) includes MR signals received in parallel or successively via a volume RF coil (9) and via a set of array RF coils (11, 12, 13). Spatial sensitivity profiles (23) of the array RF coils (11, 12, 13) are determined from the low resolution data. As a next step, a reference scan is performed in which a reference signal data set (25) is acquired at intermediate resolution solely via the array RF coils (11, 12, 13). The spatial sensitivity profiles (27) of the array RF coils (11, 12, 13) are determined from the data acquired at intermediate resolution and from the spatial sensitivity profiles (23) determined before at low resolution.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2010Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Miha Fuderer, Johannes Martinus Peeters, Thomas Hendrik Rozijn, Adrianus Joseph Willibrordus Duijndam, Michel Paul Jurriaan Jurrissen, Franciscus Johannes Maria Benschop
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Publication number: 20120001633Abstract: The invention relates to a method of MR imaging of at least a portion of a body (10) of a patient placed in an examination volume of an MR device (1). The object of the invention is to provide an improved, i.e. faster, parallel imaging technique. The invention proposes to acquire a survey signal data set (21, 22) at a low image resolution, which survey signal data set (21, 22) includes MR signals received in parallel or successively via a volume RF coil (9) and via a set of array RF coils (11, 12, 13). Spatial sensitivity profiles (23) of the array RF coils (11, 12, 13) are determined from the low resolution data. As a next step, a reference scan is performed in which a reference signal data set (25) is acquired at intermediate resolution solely via the array RF coils (11, 12, 13). The spatial sensitivity profiles (27) of the array RF coils (11, 12, 13) are determined from the data acquired at intermediate resolution and from the spatial sensitivity profiles (23) determined before at low resolution.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2010Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Miha Fuderer, Johannes Martinus Peeters, Thomas Hendrik Rozijn, Adrianus Joseph Willibrordus Duijndam, Michel Paul Jurriaan Jurrissen, Franciscus Johannes Maria Benschop