Patents by Inventor Qilin Lu

Qilin Lu 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: 12366619
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a magnetic resonance scanning method and system and a computer-readable storage medium. The method comprises: when an imaging volume of an object is at a current position, performing a current imaging scan on the imaging volume based on a predicted overall B0 field map at the current position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Liyuan Jin, Yaan Ge, Qilin Lu, Qingyu Dai, Kun Wang
  • Publication number: 20250107719
    Abstract: Devices and systems for controlling pressure during sensing are disclosed. Such sensors and/or systems may be embodied in a wearable user device. The wearable user device may include a cuff configured to apply a pressure to a portion of a user at a plurality of discrete pressure levels over a plurality of time periods; a biometric sensor configured to obtain a plurality of sensor measurements associated with a blood vessel of the user at corresponding ones of the plurality of discrete pressure levels during corresponding ones of the plurality of time periods; and a wearable structure including the cuff and the biometric sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Ren LI, Qilin LU, Htet NAING, Samuel Jon EUBANKS, Kostadin Dimitrov DJORDJEV
  • Patent number: 11965945
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a magnetic resonance system and a shimming method and an imaging method thereof. The shimming method comprises: performing a scout scan on a subject to be examined, and obtaining phase data of a plurality of slice positions; determining three-dimensional space static magnetic field information according to the phase data of the plurality of slice positions; and determining a shimming value of a slice in a region of interest according to the three-dimensional space static magnetic field information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Yaan Ge, Liyuan Jin, Qingyu Dai, Kun Wang, Qilin Lu
  • Patent number: 11698432
    Abstract: A main magnetic field correction method for a magnetic resonance imaging system includes: obtaining an estimated image of a phantom based on a first imaging sequence, the first imaging sequence having a variable resonant frequency; pre-correcting a main magnetic field based on the estimated image; obtaining a scanned image of the phantom based on the pre-corrected main magnetic field; and determining whether the quality of the scanned image is within an acceptable range, and if not, returning to the step of obtaining the estimated image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Qilin Lu, Xihui Ju, Tao Wang, Kun Wang
  • Publication number: 20230066519
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a magnetic resonance system and a shimming method and an imaging method thereof. The shimming method comprises: performing a scout scan on a subject to be examined, and obtaining phase data of a plurality of slice positions; determining three-dimensional space static magnetic field information according to the phase data of the plurality of slice positions; and determining a shimming value of a slice in a region of interest according to the three-dimensional space static magnetic field information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Yaan Ge, Liyuan Jin, Qingyu Dai, Kun Wang, Qilin Lu
  • Patent number: 11540788
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for identifying a body position of a detection object in medical imaging, a medical imaging system, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method comprises: receiving an image group by a trained deep learning network, the image group comprising a plurality of pre-scan images in a plurality of directions obtained by pre-scanning a detection object; and outputting body position information of the detection object by the deep learning network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Qingyu Dai, Qilin Lu, Yaan Ge, Kun Wang, Longqing Wang
  • Publication number: 20220317222
    Abstract: Provided in embodiments of the present invention are a magnetic resonance imaging system and a main magnetic field correction method therefor, and a storage medium. Specifically, provided are a magnetic resonance imaging system, a main magnetic field correction method for the magnetic resonance imaging system, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: obtaining an estimated image of a phantom based on a first imaging sequence, the first imaging sequence having a variable resonant frequency; pre-correcting a main magnetic field based on the estimated image; obtaining a scanned image of the phantom based on the pre-corrected main magnetic field; and determining whether the quality of the scanned image is within an acceptable range, and if not, returning to the step of obtaining the estimated image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Qilin Lu, Xihui Ju, Tao Wang, Kun Wang
  • Publication number: 20210298628
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a magnetic resonance scanning method and system and a computer-readable storage medium. The method comprises: when an imaging volume of an object is at a current position, performing a current imaging scan on the imaging volume based on a predicted overall BO field map at the current position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Liyuan Jin, Yaan Ge, Qilin Lu, Qingyu Dai, Kun Wang
  • Publication number: 20210196142
    Abstract: Provided in embodiments of the present invention are a body mold, a magnetic resonance imaging system, and a main magnetic field evaluation method and a gradient field evaluation method therefor. The body mold comprises a plurality of substrates, wherein the plurality of substrates are sequentially arranged to form a multi-layer structure in a three-dimensional space. Each substrate is provided with a plurality of first accommodation bodies for accommodating first resonant volumes and a plurality of second accommodation bodies for accommodating second resonant volumes. The plurality of first accommodation bodies and the plurality of second accommodation bodies are arranged at intervals. The first resonant volumes and the second resonant volumes have different longitudinal relaxation times T1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Shuo ZHENG, Qilin LU, Kun WANG, Tao WANG, Jiabin YAO
  • Publication number: 20210128084
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for identifying a body position of a detection object in medical imaging, a medical imaging system, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method comprises: receiving an image group by a trained deep learning network, the image group comprising a plurality of pre-scan images in a plurality of directions obtained by pre-scanning a detection object; and outputting body position information of the detection object by the deep learning network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Qingyu Dai, Qilin Lu, Yaan Ge, Kun Wang, Longqing Wang