Patents by Inventor Michael Albert Thomas

Michael Albert Thomas 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).

  • Localized two-dimensional shift correlated MR spectroscopy of human brain
    Patent number: 7200430
    Abstract: A two-dimensional (2D) chemical shift correlated MR spectroscopic (COSY) sequence integrated into a new volume localization technique (90°-180°-90°) for whole body MR Spectroscopy. Using the product operator formalism, a theoretical calculation of the volume localization as well as the coherence transfer efficiencies in 2D MRS is presented. A combination of different MRI transmit/receive rf coils is used. The cross peak intensities excited by the proposed 2D sequence are asymmetric with respect to the diagonal peaks. Localized COSY spectra of cerebral frontal and occipital gray/white matter regions in fifteen healthy controls are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Michael Albert Thomas, Kenneth Yue
  • Localized two-dimensional shift correlated mr spectroscopy of human brain
    Publication number: 20030208120
    Abstract: A two-dimensional (2D) chemical shift correlated MR spectroscopic (COSY) sequence integrated into a new volume localization technique (90°-180°-90°) for whole body MR Spectroscopy. Using the product operator formalism, a theoretical calculation of the volume localization as well as the coherence transfer efficiencies in 2D MRS is presented. A combination of different MRI transmit/receive rf coils is used. The cross peak intensities excited by the proposed 2D sequence are asymmetric with respect to the diagonal peaks. Localized COSY spectra of cerebral frontal and occipital gray/white matter regions in fifteen healthy controls are presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventors: Michael Albert Thomas, Kenneth Yue