Patents by Inventor Laura M. Gaul

Laura M. Gaul 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).

  • Jumping around the center of k-space in annular sequential steps
    Patent number: 7489962
    Abstract: In a magnetic resonance imaging data acquisition method, k-space (100) is divided into a central region (102) disposed at k-space center and one or more annular surrounding regions (104, 106) having increasing distances from k-space center. The one or more annular surrounding regions include an outermost surrounding region (106) having a largest distance from k-space center. The k-space samples in the central region (102) are acquired. Subsequent to the acquiring of k-space samples in the central region, k-space samples are acquired in the one or more annular surrounding regions (104, 106). The k-space samples in the outermost surrounding region (106) are acquired last. The acquiring of k-space samples in at least the outermost surrounding region uses a row-by-row acquisition ordering in which each row of k-space samples acquired in the outermost surrounding region (106) completes a k-space plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Thomas S. Cull, Laura M. Gaul, Sara M. Oberrecht