Patents by Inventor Shaokuan Zheng

Shaokuan Zheng 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).

  • CHEMICAL EXCHANGE SATURATION TRANSFER ANGIOGRAPHY
    Publication number: 20140316246
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel approach for effective ex vivo and in vivo imaging of blood and establishes the feasibility of blood as an effective agent for CEST to generate sufficient CEST contrast relative to surrounding tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Matthew J. Gounis, Shaokuan Zheng, Imramsjah Martijn John van der Bom
  • RELAXATION-CORRECTED ECG-TRIGGERING AND NAVIGATOR-GATING TECHNIQUE
    Publication number: 20140051979
    Abstract: A system and method for recording magnetic resonance images with reduced relaxation-related artifacts. The system and method improve the conventional methods for acquiring magnetic resonance images of in vivo tissue by augmenting the procedures for eliminating artifacts caused by motion with procedures for eliminating artifacts caused by spin of the magnetic resonance-active nuclei in the specimen of interest. One procedure to eliminate such spin inhomogeneities is to require a delay defined by the time N*T1, where N is a numerical value greater than or equal to 5 and T1 is the characteristic time constant for decay of spins back to the equilibrium longitudinal state. Another procedure uses a value of N less than 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
    Inventors: Shaokuan Zheng, Mitchell Albert
  • Relaxation-corrected ECG-triggering and navigator-gating technique
    Patent number: 8600475
    Abstract: A system and method for recording magnetic resonance images with reduced relaxation-related artifacts. The system and method improve the conventional methods for acquiring magnetic resonance images of in vivo tissue by augmenting the procedures for eliminating artifacts caused by motion with procedures for eliminating artifacts caused by spin of the magnetic resonance-active nuclei in the specimen of interest. One procedure to eliminate such spin inhomogeneities is to require a delay defined by the time N*T1, where N is a numerical value greater than or equal to 5 and T1 is the characteristic time constant for decay of spins back to the equilibrium longitudinal state. Another procedure uses a value of N less than 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: University of Massachusetts
    Inventors: Shaokuan Zheng, Mitchell Albert
  • RELAXATION-CORRECTED ECG-TRIGGERING AND NAVIGATOR-GATING TECHNIQUE
    Publication number: 20120259202
    Abstract: A system and method for recording magnetic resonance images with reduced relaxation-related artifacts. The system and method improve the conventional methods for acquiring magnetic resonance images of in vivo tissue by augmenting the procedures for eliminating artifacts caused by motion with procedures for eliminating artifacts caused by spin of the magnetic resonance-active nuclei in the specimen of interest. One procedure to eliminate such spin inhomogeneities is to require a delay defined by the time N*T1, where N is a numerical value greater than or equal to 5 and T1 is the characteristic time constant for decay of spins back to the equilibrium longitudinal state. Another procedure uses a value of N less than 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: University of Massachusetts
    Inventors: Shaokuan Zheng, Mitchell Albert