Patents by Inventor Thomas Kwok-Foo

Thomas Kwok-Foo 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).

  • Amplified radiation damping for MR imaging and spectroscopy
    Patent number: 8217651
    Abstract: An imaging system including an imaging apparatus having a plurality of coils, wherein an imaging target is at least partially disposed proximate the coils with at least one excitation source providing pulse sequences. A switch switchably connects the pulse sequences from the excitation source to the coils and switchably connecting to spatially encoded images from the coils during data acquisition. There is an amplified radiation damping feedback section providing amplified radiation damping feedback to the imaging target, wherein the amplified radiation damping feedback provides recovery of longitudinal magnetization subsequent to the data acquisition, and a receiver section for processing the spatially encoded images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Florian Wiesinger, Christopher Judson Hardy, Thomas Kwok-Foo
  • AMPLIFIED RADIATION DAMPING FOR MR IMAGING AND SPECTROSCOPY
    Publication number: 20110101979
    Abstract: An imaging system including an imaging apparatus having a plurality of coils, wherein an imaging target is at least partially disposed proximate the coils with at least one excitation source providing pulse sequences. A switch switchably connects the pulse sequences from the excitation source to the coils and switchably connecting to spatially encoded images from the coils during data acquisition. There is an amplified radiation damping feedback section providing amplified radiation damping feedback to the imaging target, wherein the amplified radiation damping feedback provides recovery of longitudinal magnetization subsequent to the data acquisition, and a receiver section for processing the spatially encoded images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Florian Wiesinger, Christopher Judson Hardy, Thomas Kwok-Foo