Patents by Inventor Nathan Tibbitts Roberts

Nathan Tibbitts Roberts 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).

  • Patent number: 11686798
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and/or image reconstruction that includes acquiring multi-pass, chemical shift-encoded (CSE)-MRI imaging data of a subject. The method further includes performing a complex, joint estimation of phase terms in the imaging data for each pass of the multi-pass, CSE-MRI imaging data to account for concomitant gradient (CG)-induced phase errors of different passes. The method also includes generating at least one of a proton density fat fraction (PDFF) estimate or an R2* estimate that is unbiased by CG-induced phase errors using the phase terms and communicating a report that includes at least one of the PDFF estimate or the R2* estimate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventor: Nathan Tibbitts Roberts
  • Publication number: 20230095599
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and/or image reconstruction that includes acquiring multi-pass, chemical shift-encoded (CSE)-MRI imaging data of a subject. The method further includes performing a complex, joint estimation of phase terms in the imaging data for each pass of the multi-pass, CSE-MRI imaging data to account for concomitant gradient (CG)-induced phase errors of different passes. The method also includes generating at least one of a proton density fat fraction (PDFF) estimate or an R*2 estimate that is unbiased by CG-induced phase errors using the phase terms and communicating a report that includes at least one of the PDFF estimate or the R*2 estimate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventor: Nathan Tibbitts Roberts
  • Patent number: 10426421
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for analyzing a respiratory motion waveform acquired during acquiring imaging data with a molecular imaging device. In one embodiment, a method comprises acquiring imaging data with a molecular imaging apparatus, analyzing a respiratory motion waveform acquired during the acquiring imaging data, and applying gating to the acquired imaging data based on the analyzed respiratory motion waveform. In this way, gating may be applied to the acquired imaging data in order to generate an image for medical diagnosis with increased image quality and accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Scott David Wollenweber, Nathan Tibbitts Roberts
  • Publication number: 20170202533
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for analyzing a respiratory motion waveform acquired during acquiring imaging data with a molecular imaging device. In one embodiment, a method comprises acquiring imaging data with a molecular imaging apparatus, analyzing a respiratory motion waveform acquired during the acquiring imaging data, and applying gating to the acquired imaging data based on the analyzed respiratory motion waveform. In this way, gating may be applied to the acquired imaging data in order to generate an image for medical diagnosis with increased image quality and accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Scott David Wollenweber, Nathan Tibbitts Roberts