Patents by Inventor Sunyu Su
Sunyu Su 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).
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Patent number: 8441258Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) coil array includes a plurality of RF coil sections arranged in a superior-inferior direction. Each RF coil section includes a first linear coil element, a loop-saddle coil quadrature pair and a second linear coil element configured in an overlapping arrangement in a left-right direction. The position of the first linear coil element and the second linear coil element on the left and right may be shifted in the superior-inferior direction with respect to the center loop-saddle coil quadrature pair.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2010Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Pei H. Chan, Yiping Guan, Fraser J. Robb, Sunyu Su
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Publication number: 20110156705Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) coil array includes a plurality of RF coil sections arranged in a superior-inferior direction. Each RF coil section includes a first linear coil element, a loop-saddle coil quadrature pair and a second linear coil element configured in an overlapping arrangement in a left-right direction. The position of the first linear coil element and the second linear coil element on the left and right may be shifted in the superior-inferior direction with respect to the center loop-saddle coil quadrature pair.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2010Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Pei H. Chan, Yiping Guan, Fraser J. Robb, Sunyu Su
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Patent number: 7333849Abstract: A vertical field MRI RF coil array for neurovascular imaging includes a head section having a solenoid coil element and a quadrature coil element; a neck section having a solenoid coil element and a quadrature coil element; and a chest section having a solenoid coil element and a quadrature coil element.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2002Date of Patent: February 19, 2008Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Sunyu Su, Mark Xueming Zou, Jeff Kitzmiller
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Patent number: 7327142Abstract: An open peripheral vascular coil and method of providing peripheral vascular imaging are provided. The peripheral vascular coil includes a base coil section having a plurality of coil elements and a plurality of coil sections configured for removable attachment to the base coil section. Each of the plurality of coil sections includes a plurality of coil elements.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2004Date of Patent: February 5, 2008Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Fraser J. L. Robb, Yiping Guan, Scott Masiella, Janine C. Robb, Sunyu Su, Suren Zhao, Mark Xueming Zou
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Patent number: 7221974Abstract: A MRI RF coil array is formed from a first coil having a null B1 point and a quasi-one-peak sensitivity profile, and a second coil oriented with respect to the first coil to reduce coupling.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2002Date of Patent: May 22, 2007Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Sunyu Su, Mark Xueming Zou, Joseph Murphy-Boesch
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Publication number: 20050030022Abstract: An open peripheral vascular coil and method of providing peripheral vascular imaging are provided. The peripheral vascular coil includes a base coil section having a plurality of coil elements and a plurality of coil sections configured for removable attachment to the base coil section. Each of the plurality of coil sections includes a plurality of coil elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2004Publication date: February 10, 2005Inventors: Fraser Robb, Yiping Guan, Scott Masiella, Janine Robb, Sunyu Su, Suren Zhao, Mark Zou
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Patent number: 6768303Abstract: A MRI RF coil includes a first solenoidal section, a second solenoidal section, and a third solenoidal section. The first section is between the second and third sections. The first section has a counter-rotational orientation with respect to the second and third sections.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2002Date of Patent: July 27, 2004Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Sunyu Su, Mark Xueming Zou
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Patent number: 6751496Abstract: An inherently de-coupled sandwiched solenoidal array coil (SSAC) is disclosed for use in receiving nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) radio frequency (RF) signals in both horizontal and vertical-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems. In its most basic configuration, the SSAC comprises two coaxial RF receive coils. The first coil of the array has two solenoidal (or loop) sections that are separated from one another along a common axis. The two sections are electrically connected in series but the conductors in each section are wound in opposite directions so that a current through the coil sets up a magnetic field of opposite polarity in each section. The second coil of the SSAC is disposed (“sandwiched”) between the two separated solenoidal sections of the first coil in a region where the combined opposing magnetic fields cancel to become a null.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2001Date of Patent: June 15, 2004Assignee: Toshiba America MRI, Inc.Inventors: Sunyu Su, Leon Kaufman, Mitsuaki Arakawa
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Patent number: 6701177Abstract: An inherently de-coupled sandwiched solenoidal array coil (SSAC) is disclosed for use in receiving nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) radio frequency (RF) signals in both horizontal and vertical-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems. In its most basic configuration, the SSAC comprises two coaxial RF receive coils. The first coil of the array has two solenoidal (or loop) sections that are separated from one another along a common axis. The two sections are electrically connected in series but the conductors in each section are wound in opposite directions so that a current through the coil sets up a magnetic field of opposite polarity in each section. The second coil of the SSAC is disposed (“sandwiched”) between the two separated solenoidal sections of the first coil in a region where the combined opposing magnetic fields cancel to become a null.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2002Date of Patent: March 2, 2004Assignee: Toshiba America MRI, Inc.Inventor: Sunyu Su
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Patent number: 6701178Abstract: An inherently de-coupled sandwiched solenoidal array coil (SSAC) is disclosed for use in receiving nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) radio frequency (RF) signals in both horizontal and vertical-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems. In its most basic configuration, the SSAC comprises two coaxial RF receive coils. The first coil of the array has two solenoidal (or loop) sections that are separated from one another along a common axis. The two sections are electrically connected in series but the conductors in each section are wound in opposite directions so that a current through the coil sets up a magnetic field of opposite polarity in each section. The second coil of the SSAC is disposed (“sandwiched”) between the two separated solenoidal sections of the first coil in a region where the combined opposing magnetic fields cancel to become a null.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2002Date of Patent: March 2, 2004Assignee: Toshiba America MRI, Inc.Inventors: Sunyu Su, Leon Kaufman
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Publication number: 20030114748Abstract: An inherently de-coupled sandwiched solenoidal array coil (SSAC) is disclosed for use in receiving nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) radio frequency (RF) signals in both horizontal and vertical-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems. In its most basic configuration, the SSAC comprises two coaxial RF receive coils. The first coil of the array has two solenoidal (or loop) sections that are separated from one another along a common axis. The two sections are electrically connected in series but the conductors in each section are wound in opposite directions so that a current through the coil sets up a magnetic field of opposite polarity in each section. The second coil of the SSAC is disposed (“sandwiched”) between the two separated solenoidal sections of the first coil in a region where the combined opposing magnetic fields cancel to become a null.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2002Publication date: June 19, 2003Applicant: Toshiba America MRI, Inc.Inventors: Sunyu Su, Leon Kaufman, Mitsuaki Arakawa, Joseph W. Carlson
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Publication number: 20030109782Abstract: An inherently de-coupled sandwiched solenoidal array coil (SSAC) is disclosed for use in receiving nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) radio frequency (RF) signals in both horizontal and vertical-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems. In its most basic configuration, the SSAC comprises two coaxial RF receive coils. The first coil of the array has two solenoidal (or loop) sections that are separated from one another along a common axis. The two sections are electrically connected in series but the conductors in each section are wound in opposite directions so that a current through the coil sets up a magnetic field of opposite polarity in each section. The second coil of the SSAC is disposed (“sandwiched”) between the two separated solenoidal sections of the first coil in a region where the combined opposing magnetic fields cancel to become a null.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2002Publication date: June 12, 2003Applicant: Toshiba America MRI, Inc.Inventors: Sunyu Su, Leon Kaufman
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Patent number: 6493572Abstract: An inherently de-coupled sandwiched solenoidal array coil (SSAC) is disclosed for use in receiving nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) radio frequency (RF) signals in both horizontal and vertical-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems. In its most basic configuration, the SSAC comprises two coaxial RF receive coils. The first coil of the array has two solenoidal (or loop) sections that are separated from one another along a common axis. The two sections are electrically connected in series but the conductors in each section are wound in opposite directions so that a current through the coil sets up a magnetic field of opposite polarity in each section. The second coil of the SSAC is disposed (“sandwiched”) between the two separated solenoidal sections of the first coil in a region where the combined opposing magnetic fields cancel to become a null.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1999Date of Patent: December 10, 2002Assignee: Toshiba America MRI, Inc.Inventors: Sunyu Su, Leon Kaufman, Mitsuaki Arakawa, Joseph W. Carlson
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Publication number: 20020013526Abstract: An inherently de-coupled sandwiched solenoidal array coil (SSAC) is disclosed for use in receiving nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) radio frequency (RF) signals in both horizontal and vertical-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems. In its most basic configuration, the SSAC comprises two coaxial RF receive coils. The first coil of the array has two solenoidal (or loop) sections that are separated from one another along a common axis. The two sections are electrically connected in series but the conductors in each section are wound in opposite directions so that a current through the coil sets up a magnetic field of opposite polarity in each section. The second coil of the SSAC is disposed (“sandwiched”) between the two separated solenoidal sections of the first coil in a region where the combined opposing magnetic fields cancel to become a null.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2001Publication date: January 31, 2002Applicant: Toshiba America MRI, Inc.Inventors: Sunyu Su, Leon Kaufman, Mitsuaki Arakawa
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Patent number: 6198962Abstract: An RF quadrature detection coil for interventional MRI comprises two nested orthogonal coils having generally rectangular shape in profile, each coil providing one “channel” of signal for quadrature detection. Each rectangular coil has two conductor windings and a common side in which the two conductors along that side are displaced apart in a common plane orthogonal to the plane of the coil to form a circular opening. The two individual coils are configured such that their rectangular conductor winding portions lie in planes perpendicular to each other but their arcuate conductor winding portions coincide in the same plane. Four paralleled conductors are arranged around the shared circular opening while two paralleled conductors form the three sides of the rectangular portion of each individual coil.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 1998Date of Patent: March 6, 2001Assignee: Toshiba America MRI, Inc.Inventor: Sunyu Su
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Patent number: 6163717Abstract: A pair of RF quadrature detection coils are fitted in an open support structure that allows easy diagnostic access to all tissue areas of the human female breast when performing interventional MRI. The open structure dual coil arrangement comprises a flat base and a slightly "V"-shaped bi-planar upper section supported above the lower base section by eight narrow vertical legs. The upper bi-planar section includes two circular openings for accepting the breasts. Four of the support legs are equally spaced at 900 intervals around each breast opening and provide large side-open access areas to the breast tissues via the sides of the support structure. The "V"-shape of the upper portion of the coil support structure increases the gap clearance at both left and right sides of the support structure to further enhance access to the breasts.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 1998Date of Patent: December 19, 2000Assignee: Toshiba America MRI, Inc.Inventor: Sunyu Su