Patents by Inventor Michal Sofka

Michal Sofka 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: 20240125879
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for imaging a subject. The method may comprise receiving an indication to image the subject using an magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, and in response to receiving the indication, with at least one controller: generating, using at least one RF coil, an initial MR data set for generating an initial image of the subject; determining, using the initial MR image, a difference in orientation between a current orientation of the subject in the initial MR image and a target orientation of the subject; determining, using the determined difference in orientation, an adjustment to a gradient pulse sequence for controlling at least one gradient coil; applying the determined adjustment to the gradient pulse sequence to obtain an adjusted gradient pulse sequence; generating an adjusted MR data set using the adjusted gradient pulse sequence; and generating a second MR image of the subject using the adjusted MR data set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Hyperfine Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Laura Sacolick, Rafael O'Halloran, Hadrien A. Dyvorne, Khan Mohammad Siddiqui, Michal Sofka, Prantik Kundu, Tianrui Luo
  • Publication number: 20240118359
    Abstract: Techniques for generating magnetic resonance (MR) images of a subject from MR data obtained by a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, the techniques including: obtaining input MR data obtained by imaging the subject using the MRI system; generating a plurality of transformed input MR data instances by applying a respective first plurality of transformations to the input MR data; generating a plurality of MR images from the plurality of transformed input MR data instances and the input MR data using a non-linear MR image reconstruction technique; generating an ensembled MR image from the plurality of MR images at least in part by: applying a second plurality of transformations to the plurality of MR images to obtain a plurality of transformed MR images; and combining the plurality of transformed MR images to obtain the ensembled MR image; and outputting the ensembled MR image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Hyperfine Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Jo Schlemper, Seyed Sadegh Mohseni Salehi, Michal Sofka
  • Patent number: 11928859
    Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to techniques for guiding an operator to use an ultrasound device. Thereby, operators with little or no experience operating ultrasound devices may capture medically relevant ultrasound images and/or interpret the contents of the obtained ultrasound images. For example, some of the techniques disclosed herein may be used to identify a particular anatomical view of a subject to image with an ultrasound device, guide an operator of the ultrasound device to capture an ultrasound image of the subject that contains the particular anatomical view, and/or analyze the captured ultrasound image to identify medical information about the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: BFLY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Nouri, Alex Rothberg, Matthew de Jonge, Jimmy Jia, Jonathan M. Rothberg, Michal Sofka, David Elgena, Mark Michalski, Tomer Gafner, Abraham Neben
  • Patent number: 11861887
    Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to techniques for guiding an operator to use an ultrasound device. Thereby, operators with little or no experience operating ultrasound devices may capture medically relevant ultrasound images and/or interpret the contents of the obtained ultrasound images. For example, some of the techniques disclosed herein may be used to identify a particular anatomical view of a subject to image with an ultrasound device, guide an operator of the ultrasound device to capture an ultrasound image of the subject that contains the particular anatomical view, and/or analyze the captured ultrasound image to identify medical information about the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: BFLY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew de Jonge, Robert Schneider, David Elgena, Alex Rothberg, Jonathan M. Rothberg, Michal Sofka, Tomer Gafner, Karl Thiele, Abraham Neben
  • Publication number: 20230417852
    Abstract: Techniques for removing artefacts, such as RF interference and/or noise, from magnetic resonance data. The techniques include: obtaining input magnetic resonance (MR) data using at least one radio-frequency (RF) coil of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system; and generating an MR image from input MR data at least in part by using a neural network model to suppress at least one artefact in the input MR data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Hyperfine Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Carole LAZARUS, Prantik KUNDU, Sunli TANG, Seyed Sadegh Mohseni SALEHI, Michal SOFKA, Jo SCHLEMPER, Hadrien A. DYVORNE, Rafael O'HALLORAN, Laura SACOLICK, Michael Stephen POOLE, Jonathan M. ROTHBERG
  • Patent number: 11846691
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for imaging a subject. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system may use at least one RF coil to generate an initial MR data set for an initial image of the subject. The MRI system may use the initial MR image to determine a difference in orientation between a current orientation of the subject in the initial MR image and a target orientation of the subject. The MRI system may use the determined difference in orientation to determine an adjustment to a gradient pulse sequence for controlling at least one gradient coil. The MRI system may apply the determined adjustment to the gradient pulse sequence to obtain an adjusted gradient pulse sequence. The MRI system may generate an adjusted MR data set using the adjusted gradient pulse sequence, and a second MR image of the subject using the adjusted MR data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Hyperfine Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Laura Sacolick, Rafael O'Halloran, Hadrien A. Dyvorne, Khan Mohammad Siddiqui, Michal Sofka, Prantik Kundu, Tianrui Luo
  • Patent number: 11789104
    Abstract: Techniques for removing artefacts, such as RF interference and/or noise, from magnetic resonance data. The techniques include: obtaining input magnetic resonance (MR) data using at least one radio-frequency (RF) coil of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system; and generating an MR image from input MR data at least in part by using a neural network model to suppress at least one artefact in the input MR data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Hyperfine Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Carole Lazarus, Prantik Kundu, Sunli Tang, Seyed Sadegh Mohseni Salehi, Michal Sofka, Jo Schlemper, Hadrien A. Dyvorne, Rafael O'Halloran, Laura Sacolick, Michael Stephen Poole, Jonathan M. Rothberg
  • Patent number: 11681000
    Abstract: Techniques for generating magnetic resonance (MR) images of a subject from MR data obtained by a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, the techniques including: obtaining input MR data obtained by imaging the subject using the MRI system; generating a plurality of transformed input MR data instances by applying a respective first plurality of transformations to the input MR data; generating a plurality of MR images from the plurality of transformed input MR data instances and the input MR data using a non-linear MR image reconstruction technique; generating an ensembled MR image from the plurality of MR images at least in part by: applying a second plurality of transformations to the plurality of MR images to obtain a plurality of transformed MR images; and combining the plurality of transformed MR images to obtain the ensembled MR image; and outputting the ensembled MR image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Hyperfine Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Jo Schlemper, Seyed Sadegh Mohseni Salehi, Michal Sofka
  • Patent number: 11670077
    Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to techniques for guiding an operator to use an ultrasound device. Thereby, operators with little or no experience operating ultrasound devices may capture medically relevant ultrasound images and/or interpret the contents of the obtained ultrasound images. For example, some of the techniques disclosed herein may be used to identify a particular anatomical view of a subject to image with an ultrasound device, guide an operator of the ultrasound device to capture an ultrasound image of the subject that contains the particular anatomical view, and/or analyze the captured ultrasound image to identify medical information about the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: BFLYOPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Tomer Gafner, Matthew de Jonge, Robert Schneider, David Elgena, Alex Rothberg, Jonathan M. Rothberg, Michal Sofka, Karl Thiele, Abraham Neben
  • Publication number: 20230117915
    Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to techniques for guiding an operator to use an ultrasound device. Thereby, operators with little or no experience operating ultrasound devices may capture medically relevant ultrasound images and/or interpret the contents of the obtained ultrasound images. For example, some of the techniques disclosed herein may be used to identify a particular anatomical view of a subject to image with an ultrasound device, guide an operator of the ultrasound device to capture an ultrasound image of the subject that contains the particular anatomical view, and/or analyze the captured ultrasound image to identify medical information about the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: BFLY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Nouri, Alex Rothberg, Matthew de Jonge, Jimmy Jia, Jonathan M. Rothberg, Michal Sofka, David Elgena, Mark Michalski, Tomer Gafner, Abraham Neben
  • Patent number: 11564590
    Abstract: Techniques for generating magnetic resonance (MR) images of a subject from MR data obtained by a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, the techniques include: obtaining input MR spatial frequency data obtained by imaging the subject using the MRI system; generating an MR image of the subject from the input MR spatial frequency data using a neural network model comprising: a pre-reconstruction neural network configured to process the input MR spatial frequency data; a reconstruction neural network configured to generate at least one initial image of the subject from output of the pre-reconstruction neural network; and a post-reconstruction neural network configured to generate the MR image of the subject from the at least one initial image of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Hyperfine Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Jo Schlemper, Seyed Sadegh Mohseni Salehi, Michal Sofka, Prantik Kundu, Carole Lazarus, Hadrien A. Dyvorne, Rafael O'Halloran, Laura Sacolick
  • Patent number: 11564657
    Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to techniques for guiding an operator to use an ultrasound device. Thereby, operators with little or no experience operating ultrasound devices may capture medically relevant ultrasound images and/or interpret the contents of the obtained ultrasound images. For example, some of the techniques disclosed herein may be used to identify a particular anatomical view of a subject to image with an ultrasound device, guide an operator of the ultrasound device to capture an ultrasound image of the subject that contains the particular anatomical view, and/or analyze the captured ultrasound image to identify medical information about the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: BFLY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew de Jonge, Robert Schneider, David Elgena, Alex Rothberg, Jonathan M. Rothberg, Michal Sofka, Tomer Gafner, Karl Thiele, Abraham Neben
  • Patent number: 11540808
    Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to techniques for guiding an operator to use an ultrasound device. Thereby, operators with little or no experience operating ultrasound devices may capture medically relevant ultrasound images and/or interpret the contents of the obtained ultrasound images. For example, some of the techniques disclosed herein may be used to identify a particular anatomical view of a subject to image with an ultrasound device, guide an operator of the ultrasound device to capture an ultrasound image of the subject that contains the particular anatomical view, and/or analyze the captured ultrasound image to identify medical information about the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: BFLY Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Nouri, Alex Rothberg, Matthew de Jonge, Jimmy Jia, Jonathan M. Rothberg, Michal Sofka, David Elgena, Mark Michalski, Tomer Gafner, Abraham Neben
  • Patent number: 11467239
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, comprising: a magnetics system comprising: a B0 magnet configured to provide a B0 field for the MRI system; gradient coils configured to provide gradient fields for the MRI system; and at least one RF coil configured to detect magnetic resonance (MR) signals; and a controller configured to: control the magnetics system to acquire MR spatial frequency data using non-Cartesian sampling; and generate an MR image from the acquired MR spatial frequency data using a neural network model comprising one or more neural network blocks including a first neural network block, wherein the first neural network block is configured to perform data consistency processing using a non-uniform Fourier transformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Hyperfine Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Jo Schlemper, Seyed Sadegh Mosheni Salehi, Michal Sofka, Prantik Kundu, Ziyi Wang, Carole Lazarus, Hadrien A. Dyvorne, Laura Sacolick, Rafael O'Halloran, Jonathan M. Rothberg
  • Publication number: 20220283253
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for imaging a subject. The method may comprise receiving an indication to image the subject using an magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, and in response to receiving the indication, with at least one controller: generating, using at least one RF coil, an initial MR data set for generating an initial image of the subject; determining, using the initial MR image, a difference in orientation between a current orientation of the subject in the initial MR image and a target orientation of the subject; determining, using the determined difference in orientation, an adjustment to a gradient pulse sequence for controlling at least one gradient coil; applying the determined adjustment to the gradient pulse sequence to obtain an adjusted gradient pulse sequence; generating an adjusted MR data set using the adjusted gradient pulse sequence; and generating a second MR image of the subject using the adjusted MR data set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Hyperfine Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Laura Sacolick, Rafael O'Halloran, Hadrien A. Dyvorne, Khan Mohammad Siddiqui, Michal Sofka, Prantik Kundu, Tianrui Luo
  • Publication number: 20220214417
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, comprising: a magnetics system comprising: a B0 magnet configured to provide a B0 field for the MRI system; gradient coils configured to provide gradient fields for the MRI system; and at least one RF coil configured. to detect magnetic resonance (MR) signals; and a controller configured to: control the magnetics system to acquire MR spatial frequency data using non-Cartesian sampling; and generate an MR image from the acquired MR spatial frequency data using a neural network model comprising one or more neural network blocks including a first neural network block, wherein the first neural network block is configured to perform data consistency processing using a non-uniform Fourier transformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: Hyperfine Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Jo Schlemper, Seyed Sadegh Mohseni Salehi, Michal Sofka, Prantik Kundu, Ziyi Wang, Carole Lazarus, Hadrien A. Dyvorne, Laura Sacolick, Rafael O'Halloran, Jonathan M. Rothberg
  • Publication number: 20220167945
    Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to techniques for guiding an operator to use an ultrasound device. Thereby, operators with little or no experience operating ultrasound devices may capture medically relevant ultrasound images and/or interpret the contents of the obtained ultrasound images. For example, some of the techniques disclosed herein may be used to identify a particular anatomical view of a subject to image with an ultrasound device, guide an operator of the ultrasound device to capture an ultrasound image of the subject that contains the particular anatomical view, and/or analyze the captured ultrasound image to identify medical information about the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: BFLY Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew de Jonge, Robert Schneider, David Elgena, Alex Rothberg, Jonathan M. Rothberg, Michal Sofka, Tomer Gafner, Karl Thiele, Abraham Neben
  • Patent number: 11344219
    Abstract: Generating magnetic resonance (MR) images of a subject from MR data obtained by a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system by: generating first and second sets of one or more MR images from first and second input MR data; aligning the first and second sets of MR images using a neural network model comprising first and second neural networks, the aligning comprising: estimating, using the first neural network, a first transformation between the first and second sets of MR images; generating a first updated set of MR images from the second set of MR images using the first transformation; estimating, using the second neural network, a second transformation between the first set and the first updated set of MR images; and aligning the first set of MR images and the second set of MR images at least in part by using the first transformation and the second transformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Hyperfine Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Jo Schlemper, Seyed Sadegh Mosheni Salehi, Michal Sofka
  • Patent number: 11324418
    Abstract: Techniques for generating magnetic resonance (MR) images from MR data obtained by a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system comprising a plurality of RF coils configured to detect RF signals. The techniques include: obtaining a plurality of input MR datasets obtained by the MRI system to image a subject, each of the plurality of input MR datasets comprising spatial frequency data and obtained using a respective RF coil in the plurality of RF coils; generating a respective plurality of MR images from the plurality of input MR datasets by using an MR image reconstruction technique; estimating, using a neural network model, a plurality of RF coil profiles corresponding to the plurality of RF coils; generating an MR image of the subject using the plurality of MR images and the plurality of RF coil profiles; and outputting the generated MR image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Hyperfine Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Jo Schlemper, Seyed Sadegh Moshen Salehi, Michal Sofka
  • Patent number: 11311270
    Abstract: An anatomical structure is detected (110) in a volume of ultrasound data by identifying (150) the anatomical structure in another volume of ultrasound data and generating (155) an image of the anatomical structure and an anatomical landmark. A group of images are generated (130) of the original volume and compared (140) to the image of the other volume. An image of the group of images is selected (150) as including the anatomical structure based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Jin-hyeong Park, Michal Sofka, Shaohua Kevin Zhou