Patents by Inventor Penelope Anne GOWLAND

Penelope Anne GOWLAND 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).

  • Magnetic resonance imaging methods for the study of gastrointestinal transit
    Patent number: 11013427
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for the study of gastrointestinal transit in a human or animal subject. The method being for the study of a subject which has previously ingested a container containing first and second fluids that are detectable and distinguishable by MRI, which method comprises the steps of forming a first magnetic resonance image of at least a portion of the subject's GI tract in which the container is located, wherein the magnetizations of the first and second fluids are in-phase; forming a second magnetic resonance image, coincident with the first image, wherein the magnetizations of the first and second fluids are out-of-phase; and subtracting the second image from the first image, or vice versa, to form a composite image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST
    Inventors: Luca Marciani, Roy Harris, Caroline Louise Hoad, Penelope Anne Gowland, Alan Christopher Perkins, Mark Robert Fox, Robin Charles Spiller
  • MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHODS FOR THE STUDY OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT
    Publication number: 20170156628
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for the study of gastrointestinal transit in a human or animal subject. The method being for the study of a subject which has previously ingested a container containing first and second fluids that are detectable and distinguishable by MRI, which method comprises the steps of forming a first magnetic resonance image of at least a portion of the subject's GI tract in which the container is located, wherein the magnetizations of the first and second fluids are in-phase; forming a second magnetic resonance image, coincident with the first image, wherein the magnetizations of the first and second fluids are out-of-phase; and subtracting the second image from the first image, or vice versa, to form a composite image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Luca MARCIANI, Roy HARRIS, Caroline Louise HOAD, Penelope Anne GOWLAND, Alan Christopher PERKINS, Mark Robert FOX, Robin Charles SPILLER