Patents by Inventor Samuel Anthony Hurley

Samuel Anthony Hurley 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).

  • Method for determining and ordering K-space views and diffusion weighting directions
    Patent number: 8482284
    Abstract: A system and method for determining and ordering magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) acquisition parameters, such as k-space views or diffusion-weighting gradient directions, are provided. The MRI acquisition parameters are defined by generated points that are uniformly distributed on the surface of a sphere. These points may also be antipodally symmetric. The points are ordered by minimizing the electrostatic potential energy of different configurations of the points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Cheng Guan Koay, Samuel Anthony Hurley
  • METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND ORDERING K-SPACE VIEWS AND DIFFUSION WEIGHTING DIRECTIONS
    Publication number: 20130002248
    Abstract: A system and method for determining and ordering magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) acquisition parameters, such as k-space views or diffusion-weighting gradient directions, are provided. The MRI acquisition parameters are defined by generated points that are uniformly distributed on the surface of a sphere. These points may also be antipodally symmetric. The points are ordered by minimizing the electrostatic potential energy of different configurations of the points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Cheng Guan Koay, Samuel Anthony Hurley