Patents by Inventor Matti Kullervo Savelainen

Matti Kullervo Savelainen 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).

  • Planar radio frequency coil for open magnetic resonance imaging systems
    Patent number: 6798202
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus is provided. The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a main magnet assembly for generating a main magnetic field in a main magnetic field direction in an examination region, a gradient coil assembly for generating magnetic gradient fields in the main magnetic field within the examination region, a radio frequency transmit coil assembly for exciting resonance in selected dipoles within a subject disposed in the examination region such that the dipoles generate circularly polarized resonance signals at a characteristic resonance frequency, a radio frequency receive coil assembly for receiving the circularly polarized resonance signals generated by the dipoles, and a reconstruction processor for reconstructing the received signals into an image representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Matti Kullervo Savelainen
  • Planar radio frequency coil for open magnetic resonance imaging systems
    Publication number: 20030100826
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus is provided. The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a main magnet assembly for generating a main magnetic field in a main magnetic field direction in an examination region, a gradient coil assembly for generating magnetic gradient fields in the main magnetic field within the examination region, a radio frequency transmit coil assembly for exciting resonance in selected dipoles within a subject disposed in the examination region such that the dipoles generate circularly polarized resonance signals at a characteristic resonance frequency, a radio frequency receive coil assembly for receiving the circularly polarized resonance signals generated by the dipoles, and a reconstruction processor for reconstructing the received signals into an image representation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2001
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Applicant: Philips Medical Systems MR Technologies Finland Oy
    Inventor: Matti Kullervo Savelainen