Patents by Inventor Viola Rieke

Viola Rieke 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).

  • Hybrid referenceless and multibaseline PRF-shift magnetic resonance thermometry
    Patent number: 8810246
    Abstract: Proton resonance frequency shift thermometry may be improved by combining multibaseline and referenceless thermometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignees: Insightec Ltd., The Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: William A. Grissom, Kim Butts Pauly, Michael Lustig, Yoav Medan, Yoav Levy, Viola Rieke
  • Multibaseline PRF-shift magnetic resonance thermometry
    Patent number: 8482285
    Abstract: The phase background of a proton resonance frequency shift treatment image may be estimated by fitting a combination of baseline images to the treatment image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignees: Insightec Ltd., The Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: William A. Grissom, Kim Butts Pauly, Michael Lustig, Yoav Medan, Yoav Levy, Viola Rieke
  • HYBRID REFERENCELESS AND MULTIBASELINE PRF-SHIFT MAGNETIC RESONANCE THERMOMETRY
    Publication number: 20110175615
    Abstract: Proton resonance frequency shift thermometry may be improved by combining multibaseline and referenceless thermometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: William A. Grissom, Kim Butts Pauly, Michael Lustig, Yoav Medan, Yoav Levy, Viola Rieke
  • MULTIBASELINE PRF-SHIFT MAGNETIC RESONANCE THERMOMETRY
    Publication number: 20110178386
    Abstract: The phase background of a proton resonance frequency shift treatment image may be estimated by fitting a combination of baseline images to the treatment image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: William A. Grissom, Kim Butts Pauly, Michael Lustig, Yoav Medan, Yoav Levy, Viola Rieke
  • Magnetic resonance imaging having radiation compatible radiofrequency coils
    Patent number: 7394254
    Abstract: Improved compatibility of MRI with radiation imaging is provided by MRI RF coils having transmissive coil sections. The transmissive coil sections are substantially transparent to the penetrating radiation employed by the radiation imaging system. Thus the transmissive coil sections can be disposed in a field of view of the radiation imaging system without introducing artifacts into the radiation images. Transparency to penetrating radiation can be achieved by substantially including only low atomic number (i.e., Z<29) elements in the transmissive coil sections. Preferably, the transmissive coil sections are fabricated substantially from aluminum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Viola Rieke, Rosemary Kim Butts, Arundhuti Ganguly, Norbert J. Pelc
  • Magnetic resonance imaging having radiation compatible radiofrequency coils
    Publication number: 20060273795
    Abstract: Improved compatibility of MRI with radiation imaging is provided by MRI RF coils having transmissive coil sections. The transmissive coil sections are substantially transparent to the penetrating radiation employed by the radiation imaging system. Thus the transmissive coil sections can be disposed in a field of view of the radiation imaging system without introducing artifacts into the radiation images. Transparency to penetrating radiation can be achieved by substantially including only low atomic number (i.e., Z<29) elements in the transmissive coil sections. Preferably, the transmissive coil sections are fabricated substantially from aluminum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Inventors: Viola Rieke, Rosemary Kim, Arundhuti Ganguly, Norbert Pelc