Patents by Inventor STEPHAN HEUNIS

STEPHAN HEUNIS 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).

  • Real-time fMRI
    Patent number: 11656310
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of medical imaging. The method comprises: receiving, for a current active time window (204A-N) and during a brain activity analysis session (200, 500), fMRI data of a region of interest (309) of a subject (318) in an active state. A transverse relaxation, T2*, map may be generated from the fMRI data using a predefined model of fMRI data variations. The generated T2* map may be compared with a reference T2* map. A blood-oxygen-level dependent (BOLD) response of the region of interest (309) during the current active time window (204 A-N) may be estimated using the results of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Rudolf Mathias Johannes Nicolaas Lamerichs, Stephan Heunis
  • REAL-TIME FMRI
    Publication number: 20220034984
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of medical imaging. The method comprises: receiving, for a current active time window (204A-N) and during a brain activity analysis session (200, 500), fMRI data of a region of interest (309) of a subject (318) in an active state. A transverse relaxation, T2*, map may be generated from the fMRI data using a predefined model of fMRI data variations. The generated T2* map may be compared with a reference T2* map. A blood-oxygen-level dependent (BOLD) response of the region of interest (309) during the current active time window (204 A-N) may be estimated using the results of the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: RUDOLF MATHIAS JOHANNES NICOLAAS LAMERICHS, STEPHAN HEUNIS