Patents by Inventor Saurabh Shah

Saurabh Shah 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: 8138759
    Abstract: An MR magnetic field inhomogeneity compensation system acquires multiple MR data sets representing luminance intensity values of individual image elements comprising corresponding multiple different image versions of at least a portion of a first imaging slice of patient anatomy including fat and water components. The compensation system employs the multiple MR data sets in solving corresponding multiple simultaneous nonlinear equations to calculate local frequency offset associated with magnetic field inhomogeneity at the individual image element location, for an individual image element of the image elements. The local frequency offset comprises a difference between proton spin frequency at the location and a nominal proton spin frequency. The compensation system derives data representing an electrical signal to be applied to magnetic field generation coils to substantially compensate for determined offset frequencies at the plurality of individual locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas Greiser, Renate Jerecic, Peter Kellman, Saurabh Shah, Peter Weale, Sven Zuehlsdorff
  • Publication number: 20100286503
    Abstract: In a method of a magnetic resonance system and a method and computer-readable storage medium for the operation thereof to acquire magnetic resonance image data of an examination subject, wherein magnetic resonance system has a number of subsystems and a control device, a number of adjustment measurements to adjust at least one subsystem for making a medical diagnostic data acquisition are implemented through the control device. In these adjustment measurements, an adjustment volume associated with the appertaining adjustment measurement is taken into account that encompasses at least one region of a body containing the examination subject. For this purpose, markings established by the control device within image data of the examination subject and characterizing the spatial occupation (position and orientation) and/or a dimension of the examination subject are determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Andreas Greiser, Saurabh Shah
  • Publication number: 20100127702
    Abstract: An MR magnetic field inhomogeneity compensation system acquires multiple MR data sets representing luminance intensity values of individual image elements comprising corresponding multiple different image versions of at least a portion of a first imaging slice of patient anatomy including fat and water components. The compensation system employs the multiple MR data sets in solving corresponding multiple simultaneous nonlinear equations to calculate local frequency offset associated with magnetic field inhomogeneity at the individual image element location, for an individual image element of the image elements. The local frequency offset comprises a difference between proton spin frequency at the location and a nominal proton spin frequency. The compensation system derives data representing an electrical signal to be applied to magnetic field generation coils to substantially compensate for determined offset frequencies at the plurality of individual locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
    Inventors: Andreas Greiser, Renate Jerecic, Peter Kellman, Saurabh Shah, Peter Weale, Sven Zuehlsdorff
  • Publication number: 20100019766
    Abstract: A system automatically dynamically compensates for inhomogeneity in an MR imaging device magnetic field. An MR imaging compensation system applies swept frequency magnetic field variation in determining an estimate of proton spin frequency at multiple individual locations associated with individual image elements in an anatomical volume of interest and substantially independently of tissue associated relaxation time. For the multiple individual locations, the system determines an offset frequency comprising a difference between a determined estimate of proton spin frequency associated with an individual image element location and a nominal proton spin frequency. The system derives data representing an electrical signal to be applied to magnetic field generation coils to substantially compensate for determined offset frequencies at the multiple individual locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Sven Zuehlsdorff, Peter Weale, Saurabh Shah, Andreas Greiser