Patents by Inventor Tobias Wech

Tobias Wech 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).

  • Patent number: 11782116
    Abstract: A method for recording a magnetic resonance image dataset includes providing a magnetic resonance sequence with a series of sequence blocks, and providing at least one correction term to compensate for a magnetic field change. The magnetic field change is produced as a change of an actual magnetic field compared to a setpoint magnetic field by gradient pulses. The magnetic field change is established via a transfer characteristic of the gradient system of the magnetic resonance installation. The at least one correction term is used to compensate for the magnetic field change, and at least one magnetic resonance image dataset is recorded with the magnetic resonance sequence using the correction term.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Manuel Stich, Richard Dederichs, Herbert Köstler, Tobias Wech, Anne Slawig
  • Publication number: 20220043093
    Abstract: A method for recording a magnetic resonance image dataset includes providing a magnetic resonance sequence with a series of sequence blocks, and providing at least one correction term to compensate for a magnetic field change. The magnetic field change is produced as a change of an actual magnetic field compared to a setpoint magnetic field by gradient pulses. The magnetic field change is established via a transfer characteristic of the gradient system of the magnetic resonance installation. The at least one correction term is used to compensate for the magnetic field change, and at least one magnetic resonance image dataset is recorded with the magnetic resonance sequence using the correction term.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Manuel Stich, Richard Dederichs, Herbert Köstler, Tobias Wech, Anne Slawig
  • Patent number: 11112472
    Abstract: A gradient system characterization function (e.g., a gradient system transfer function) may be developed by measuring a behavior of the MR device at a target temperature and developing at least one gradient system characterization function for a gradient coil of a magnetic resonance (MR) device at the target temperature based on the measured behavior. A patient may be subsequently imaged by the MR device, wherein the imaging process comprises measuring a temperature of a gradient coil, determining a gradient system characterization function at the measured temperature, calculating a pre-emphasized gradient of the gradient coil, and imaging the patient using the pre-emphasized magnetic field component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignees: Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Gudrun Ruyters, Andrew Dewdney, Manuel Stich, Herbert Köstler, Christiane Pfaff, Tobias Wech, Adrienne Campbell
  • Publication number: 20200333410
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods, devices, and systems for developing gradient system characterization functions and imaging a patient using pre-emphasized magnetic field components in a magnetic resonance (MR) device, wherein the processes allow for a reduction in a number of artifacts when reconstructing the magnetic resonance image. The gradient system characterization function (e.g., a gradient system transfer function) may be developed by measuring a behavior of the MR device at a target temperature and developing at least one gradient system characterization function for a gradient coil of the MR device at the target temperature based on the measured behavior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Gudrun Ruyters, Andrew Dewdney, Manuel Stich, Herbert Köstler, Christiane Pfaff, Tobias Wech, Adrienne Campbell-Washburn
  • Patent number: 10254367
    Abstract: In a magnetic resonance (MR) method and apparatus, an image reconstruction algorithm is used to reconstruct image data from k-space data that represent an acquired MR signal, and the reconstruction algorithm makes use of a model that requires the MR signal to exhibit a signal behavior from a relaxation model. In order to permit the reconstruction algorithm to be used when the acquired MR signal does not exhibit the model signal behavior due to motion of the subject, the k-space data are motion-corrected so as to produce corrected k-space data that represent said model signal behavior, and image data are reconstructed from the corrected k-space data using the reconstruction algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Herbert Koestler, Felix Ruetzel, Johannes Tran-Gia, Tobias Wech
  • Publication number: 20170115367
    Abstract: In a magnetic resonance (MR) method and apparatus, an image reconstruction algorithm is used to reconstruct image data from k-space data that represent an acquired MR signal, and the reconstruction algorithm makes use of a model that requires the MR signal to exhibit a signal behavior from a relaxation model. In order to permit the reconstruction algorithm to be used when the acquired MR signal does not exhibit the model signal behavior due to motion of the subject, the k-space data are motion-corrected so as to produce corrected k-space data that represent said model signal behavior, and image data are reconstructed from the corrected k-space data using the reconstruction algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Herbert Koestler, Felix Ruetzel, Johannes Tran-Gia, Tobias Wech