Patents by Inventor Rene Botnar
Rene Botnar 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).
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Patent number: 11543478Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating a T1 or T2 map for a three-dimensional (3D) image volume of a subject. The method includes acquiring first, second, and third 3D images of the image volume of the subject. Signal evolutions of voxels through the first to third 3D images by comparing voxel intensity levels of corresponding voxel locations in the first, second, and third 3D images. A simulation dictionary representing the signal evolutions for a number of different tissue parameter combinations is obtained. The T1 or T2 map is generated by comparing the determined signal evolutions to entries in the dictionary and by finding, for each of the determined signal evolutions, the entry in the dictionary that best matches the determined signal evolution.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignees: Siemens Healthcare Limited, King's College, LondonInventors: Rene Botnar, Radhouene Neji, Claudia Prieto, Giorgia Milotta
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Patent number: 11454692Abstract: In a method of performing magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, an MR apparatus, and a computer-readable medium during a first cardiac cycle of a subject, a first imaging sequence is generated for application to a subject. The first imaging sequence has a preparatory pulse and an inversion recovery pulse following the preparatory pulse. First signals emitted from the subject in response to the first imaging sequence are detected, and first image data are generated based on the first signals. During a second cardiac cycle following the first cardiac cycle, a second imaging sequence is generated for application to the subject. The second imaging sequence has a preparatory pulse. Second signals emitted from the subject in response to the second imaging sequence are detected, and second image data are generated based on the second signals.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2018Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbHInventors: Rene Botnar, Giulia Ginami, Radhouene Neji, Claudia Prieto
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Patent number: 11360178Abstract: In a method for reconstructing magnetic resonance (MR) image data from k-space data, k-space data of an image region of a subject are provided to a computer that is also provided with multiple navigator signals for the image region of the subject. The computer sorts the k-space data into multiple bins, the multiple bins representing different motion states of the subject. For each of the multiple bins, the computer executes a compressed sensing procedure to reconstruct the MR image data from the k-space data in the respective bin. Execution of the compressed sensing procedure includes solving an optimization problem comprising a data consistency component and a transform sparsity component. Motion information is incorporated by the computer into at least one of the data consistency component and the transform sparsity component of the optimization problem.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2019Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbHInventors: Rene Botnar, Teresa Correia, Radhouene Neji, Claudia Prieto
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Patent number: 11253154Abstract: A method and system for imaging a body using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus, including motion tracking of a target object of the body using MRI by generating an MRI image of a region of interest of the body by performing a weighted combination of a signal received by each coil of an MRI apparatus during an MRI scan.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignees: Siemens Healthcare GmbH, King's College, LondonInventors: Christoph Forman, Radhouene Neji, Karl-Philipp Kunze, Rene Botnar, Claudia Prieto
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Patent number: 11079456Abstract: A method of reconstructing magnetic resonance (MR) image data from k-space data. The method includes obtaining k-space data of an image region of a subject; and reconstructing, using a sparse image coding procedure, the MR image data from the k-space data by performing an iterative optimization method. The optimization method includes a data consistency iteration step and a denoising iteration step applied to MR image data generated by the data consistency iteration step. The denoising iteration step incorporates a sparsifying operation to provide a sparse representation of the MR image data for the imaged region as an input to the data consistency iteration step.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbHInventors: Rene Botnar, Aurelien Bustin, Radhouene Neji, Claudia Prieto
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Patent number: 11016156Abstract: A plurality of sets of k-space data each of the same image region of a subject but having different contrasts are obtained. A sparse image coding procedure is performed to reconstruct a plurality of MR images each corresponding to one of the sets of k-space data. This involves solving an optimization problem comprising a data consistency iteration step used to generate the reconstructed MR images; and a denoising iteration step applied to the reconstructed MR images generated during the data consistency iteration step. The denoising iteration step includes performing a 2D/3D block matching operation to identify similar patches across the reconstructed MR images, and using the similar patches across the reconstructed MR images in a sparsifying operation to provide sparse representations of the reconstructed MR images. The sparse representations are used as an input to the data consistency iteration step.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignees: Siemens Healthcare Limited, King's College, LondonInventors: Aurelien Bustin, Rene Botnar, Claudia Prieto, Radhouene Neji
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Patent number: 10948558Abstract: In a method of performing magnetic resonance imaging and a magnetic resonance apparatus, first MR data are acquired of a region of interest of a subject in the absence of a B1 field. Second MR data are acquired of the region of interest in the presence of a B1 field, and within a short time interval after generation of the B1 field. The first and second MR data are processed to determine a B1 field map, and a T1 map is generated using the B1 field map. The T1 map is a B1 corrected T1 map. The first and second MR data 103, 109 may be acquired as part of a T1 mapping sequence, such as a MOLLI or SASHA type cardiac T1 mapping sequence.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2018Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignees: King's College, London, Siemens Healthcare GmbHInventors: Radhouene Neji, Sebastien Roujol, Rene Botnar
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Publication number: 20210059529Abstract: A method and system for imaging a body using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus, including motion tracking of a target object of the body using MRI by generating an MRI image of a region of interest of the body by performing a weighted combination of a signal received by each coil of an MRI apparatus during an MRI scan.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Applicants: Siemens Healthcare GmbH, King's College LondonInventors: Christoph Forman, Radhouene Neji, Karl-Philipp Kunze, Rene Botnar, Claudia Prieto
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Publication number: 20200249299Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating a T1 or T2 map for a three-dimensional (3D) image volume of a subject. The method includes acquiring first, second, and third 3D images of the image volume of the subject. Signal evolutions of voxels through the first to third 3D images by comparing voxel intensity levels of corresponding voxel locations in the first, second, and third 3D images. A simulation dictionary representing the signal evolutions for a number of different tissue parameter combinations is obtained. The T1 or T2 map is generated by comparing the determined signal evolutions to entries in the dictionary and by finding, for each of the determined signal evolutions, the entry in the dictionary that best matches the determined signal evolution.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicants: Siemens Healthcare Limited, King's College LondonInventors: Rene Botnar, Radhouene Neji, Claudia Prieto, Giorgia Milotta
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Publication number: 20200241096Abstract: A plurality of sets of k-space data each of the same image region of a subject but having different contrasts are obtained. A sparse image coding procedure is performed to reconstruct a plurality of MR images each corresponding to one of the sets of k-space data. This involves solving an optimization problem comprising a data consistency iteration step used to generate the reconstructed MR images; and a denoising iteration step applied to the reconstructed MR images generated during the data consistency iteration step. The denoising iteration step includes performing a 2D/3D block matching operation to identify similar patches across the reconstructed MR images, and using the similar patches across the reconstructed MR images in a sparsifying operation to provide sparse representations of the reconstructed MR images. The sparse representations are used as an input to the data consistency iteration step.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicants: Siemens Healthcare Limited, King's College LondonInventors: Aurelien Bustin, Rene Botnar, Claudia Prieto, Radhouene Neji
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Publication number: 20190346522Abstract: A method of reconstructing magnetic resonance (MR) image data from k-space data. The method includes obtaining k-space data of an image region of a subject; and reconstructing, using a sparse image coding procedure, the MR image data from the k-space data by performing an iterative optimization method. The optimization method includes a data consistency iteration step and a denoising iteration step applied to MR image data generated by the data consistency iteration step. The denoising iteration step incorporates a sparsifying operation to provide a sparse representation of the MR image data for the imaged region as an input to the data consistency iteration step.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Applicants: Siemens Healthcare GmbH, King's College LondonInventors: Rene Botnar, Aurelien Bustin, Radhouene Neji, Claudia Prieto
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Publication number: 20190317172Abstract: In a method for reconstructing magnetic resonance (MR) image data from k-space data, k-space data of an image region of a subject are provided to a computer that is also provided with multiple navigator signals for the image region of the subject. The computer sorts the k-space data into multiple bins, the multiple bins representing different motion states of the subject. For each of the multiple bins, the computer executes a compressed sensing procedure to reconstruct the MR image data from the k-space data in the respective bin. Execution of the compressed sensing procedure includes solving an optimization problem comprising a data consistency component and a transform sparsity component. Motion information is incorporated by the computer into at least one of the data consistency component and the transform sparsity component of the optimization problem.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: Siemens Healthcare LimitedInventors: Rene Botnar, Teresa Correia, Radhouene Neji, Claudia Prieto
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Publication number: 20190064294Abstract: In a method of performing magnetic resonance imaging and a magnetic resonance apparatus, first MR data are acquired of a region of interest of a subject in the absence of a B1 field. Second MR data are acquired of the region of interest in the presence of a B1 field, and within a short time interval after generation of the B1 field. The first and second MR data are processed to determine a B1 field map, and a T1 map is generated using the B1 field map. The T1 map is a B1 corrected T1 map. The first and second MR data 103, 109 may be acquired as part of a T1 mapping sequence, such as a MOLLI or SASHA type cardiac T1 mapping sequence.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Radhouene NEJI, Sebastien ROUJOL, Rene BOTNAR
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Publication number: 20190064299Abstract: In a method of performing magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, an MR apparatus, and a computer-readable medium during a first cardiac cycle of a subject, a first imaging sequence is generated for application to a subject. The first imaging sequence has a preparatory pulse and an inversion recovery pulse following the preparatory pulse. First signals emitted from the subject in response to the first imaging sequence are detected, and first image data are generated based on the first signals. During a second cardiac cycle following the first cardiac cycle, a second imaging sequence is generated for application to the subject. The second imaging sequence has a preparatory pulse. Second signals emitted from the subject in response to the second imaging sequence are detected, and second image data are generated based on the second signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Rene Botnar, Giulia Ginami, Radhouene Neji, Claudia Prieto
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Publication number: 20140065069Abstract: The invention provides conjugates for imaging plaques, such as cardiovascular plaques, as well as associated pharmaceutical compositions. Other aspects of the invention include methods for administering and imaging such conjugates and compositions, and using the imaging to characterise plaques. The conjugates of the invention distinguish between tropoelastin and elastin in plaques. The presence of tropoelastin can act as an indication that a plaque is liable to rupture or erode. Such information allows assessment of disease progression and response to treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: KING'S COLLEGE LONDONInventors: Rene Botnar, Alkystis Phinikaridou
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Publication number: 20070038077Abstract: Methods for imaging stationary targets, including thrombi, are disclosed. The methods allow the imaging of stationary targets in areas of the body subject to physiologic motion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2006Publication date: February 15, 2007Inventors: Andrea Wiethoff, Edward Parsons, Rene Botnar, Elmar Spuentrup
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Publication number: 20050065430Abstract: Methods for imaging stationary targets, including thrombi, are disclosed. The methods allow the imaging of stationary targets in areas of the body subject to physiologic motion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2004Publication date: March 24, 2005Inventors: Andrea Wiethoff, Edward Parsons,, Rene Botnar, Elmar Spuentrup
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Patent number: 6230039Abstract: This invention relates to methods and apparatus for magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of moving parts of a patient in which flip angles for the excitation of nuclear magnetization are adaptively selected during image data acquisition in order to minimize artifacts. In particular, the flip angles are selected so that a smooth distribution of signal-strengths in k-space results even though the order of phase-encoding gradients is also adaptively selected in dependence of the measured instantaneous state of motion of the moving part. The invention also includes MR apparatus for practicing the described methods and software for controlling an MR apparatus to practice the methods.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2000Date of Patent: May 8, 2001Assignee: Philips Electronics North America CorporationInventors: Matthias Stuber, Rene Botnar