Patents by Inventor Paul C. Lauterbur

Paul C. Lauterbur 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: 6088611
    Abstract: Described here, is a method for obtaining high-resolution snap-shot images of moving objects in MR imaging applications through the elimination of ghosting and other image artifacts by estimating motion frequency data, estimating amplitude data for the motion frequency data, interpolating the motion frequency data and the amplitude data to generate snap-shot data frames, and generating snapshot images of each data frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Paul C. Lauterbur, Zhi-Pei Liang, Hong Jiang
  • Patent number: 5708359
    Abstract: Described are a preferred system and method for acquiring magnetic resonance signals which can be viewed stereoscopically in real or near-real time. The preferred stereoscopic MRI systems are interactive and allow for the adjustment of the acquired images in real time, for example to alter the viewing angle, contrast parameters, field of view, or position associated with the image, all advantageously facilitated by voice-recognition software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Carl D. Gregory, Clinton S. Potter, Paul C. Lauterbur
  • Patent number: 5532006
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions useful in nuclear magnetic resonance imaging comprising a matrix which exhibits a volume phase change in response to an electric field, the matrix containing a magnetic and preferably superparamagnetic component distributed therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1996
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Paul C. Lauterbur, Shachar Frank
  • Patent number: 5081992
    Abstract: An MR imaging study precedes an MR spectroscopic study. Structural information from the imaging study is combined with MR spectra from the spectroscopic study to produce localized MR spectra.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1992
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Systems
    Inventors: David N. Levin, Xiaoping Hu, Paul C. Lauterbur, Thomas Spraggins