Patents by Inventor Matthew RIFFE

Matthew RIFFE 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).

  • INTERVENTION-INDEPENDENT SCAN PLANE CONTROL FOR MRI
    Publication number: 20120053448
    Abstract: Example systems, apparatus, circuits, and so on described herein concern intervention-independent scan plane control for an MRI system. A tracking device capable of being manipulated independently of an interventional device in use to treat a patient transmits position signals describing an orientation of the tracking device to an MRI system. The MRI system determines a desired scan plan that will correspond to the orientation of the tracking device and performs a diagnostic scan on the desired scan plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mark A. GRISWOLD, Matthew RIFFE, Stephen YUTZY, Vikas GULANI, Dean NAKAMOTO, Daniel HSU