Patents by Inventor Simone Winkler

Simone Winkler 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 and system for estimating the specific absorption rate of a tissue region prior to a magnetic resonance imaging scan
    Patent number: 10016147
    Abstract: A method and system for estimating a specific absorption rate of a tissue region prior to performing a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging scan on the tissue region. The method comprises radiating the tissue region with a plurality of short pulses, wherein the tissue region emits thermoacoustic signals responsive to the short pulses, receiving the thermoacoustic signals by at least one ultrasonic transducer, calculating a temperature rise of the tissue region based on the received thermoacoustic signals, scaling the temperature rise to estimate a temperature rise of the tissue region resulting from an MR imaging scan, and estimating the specific absorption rate of the tissue region based on the estimated temperature rise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Thornton, Paul Picot, Brian Rutt, Simone Winkler
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING THE SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE OF A TISSUE REGION PRIOR TO A MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SCAN
    Publication number: 20150316626
    Abstract: A method and system for estimating a specific; absorption rate of a tissue region prior to performing a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging scan on the tissue region. The method comprises radiating the tissue region with a plurality of short pulses, wherein the tissue region emits thermoacoustic signals responsive to the short pulses, receiving the thermoacoustic signals by at least one ultrasonic transducer, calculating a temperature rise of the tissue region based on the received thermoacoustic signals, scaling the temperature rise to estimate a temperature rise of the tissue region resulting from an MR imaging scan, and estimating the specific absorption rate of the tissue region based on the estimated temperature rise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Thornton, Paul Picot, Brian Rutt, Simone Winkler