Patents by Inventor KAI TOBIAS BLOCK

KAI TOBIAS BLOCK 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: 20230333185
    Abstract: Exemplary systems, methods and computer-accessible medium according to exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure can separate fat and water in magnetic resonance imaging using frequency sweep radiofrequency saturation pulses. In an exemplary procedure, periodic RF saturation pulses with varying frequency offset from a water resonance frequency with at least two different offsets are emanated. In another exemplary procedure, the signal response to saturation at different frequencies on a voxel-by-voxel basis can be analyzed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: KAI TOBIAS BLOCK, Ruoxun Zi, Hersh Chandarana
  • Publication number: 20110234228
    Abstract: In a magnetic resonance apparatus and method to generate an image data set by means of a radial scanning of a raw data set, at least one calibration measurement is implemented for at least one predetermined spoke of the radial scan, and a gradient moment difference between an assumed gradient moment and an actually applied gradient moment is determined along the at least one predetermined spoke. Readout of all spokes of the predetermined raw data set ensues by activating multiple magnetic field gradients in spatial directions in order to respectively read out scan points of a respective spoke. The position of each scan point of each spoke is corrected depending on the gradient moment difference, by the position of the respective scan point that is assumed based on the respective activated magnetic field gradients being shifted by the gradient moment difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: KAI TOBIAS BLOCK