Patents by Inventor Xiaowei Zou

Xiaowei Zou 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: 12360193
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides magnetic resonance phantom imaging phantoms and method of assembling thereof. In one aspect, a magnetic resonance imaging phantom can include a plurality of modular components. The plurality of modular components can include a first modular component, a second modular component, a shell, and a lid. The second modular component can be different than the first modular component. The shell can be structured to receive at least one modular component. The lid can be attachable to the shell to enclose the at least one modular component received within the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: neuro42, Inc.
    Inventors: Hung-Yu Lin, Donghui Yin, Nguyen Pham, Sree Poojitha Yerramsetti, Randy Link, Nio Anderson, Rishabh Ostawal, Joyce Ye, Guanhao Fu, Ghoncheh Amouzandeh, Xiaowei Zou
  • Patent number: 12270867
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for removing electromagnetic interference from low-field magnetic resonance images. In one aspect, a method can include projecting a low-field strength magnetic field toward an object of interest located within a field of view and transmitting a radio frequency pulse sequence to a radio frequency coil assembly configured to selectively excite magnetization in the object of interest within the field of view. The method can further include receiving an output signal from the radio frequency coil assembly during a signal acquisition period and receiving a sample signal from the radio frequency coil assembly during an interference period. The method can further include comparing the output signal and the sample signal to identify an interference component and adjusting the output signal based on the interference component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: NEURO42 INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Inglis, Donghui Yin, Haidong Peng, Ghoncheh Amouzandeh, Xiaowei Zou
  • Patent number: 12113095
    Abstract: This application discloses a planar inductor. The planar inductor includes a first inductor module and a second inductor module that are connected in parallel. A direction of a magnetic line of the first inductor module is opposite to a direction of a magnetic line of the second inductor module, so that the magnetic lines can form a self-close loop in the planar inductor, and impact of a far magnetic field generated by the inductor on the outside, especially a nearby inductor, can be greatly reduced, thereby reducing crosstalk between the inductors, that is, reducing a phase noise, and increasing a Q value of the inductor. In addition, this application further provides a semiconductor chip that includes the planar inductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaowei Zou, Chengbo Qiu, Haisheng Lu
  • Publication number: 20240230804
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for T2-weighted and/or diffusion weighted chirped-CPMG sequences are disclosed herein. In one aspect, a method can include projecting a magnetic field along a longitudinal axis and toward an object of interest and transmitting a radio frequency pulse sequence to a radio frequency coil assembly configured to selectively excite magnetization in the object of interest. The radio frequency pulse sequence can include a frequency-swept excitation pulse and a series of frequency-swept refocusing pulses following the excitation pulse. In some aspects, the radio frequency pulse sequence can include a frequency-swept recovery pulse following the series of refocusing pulses. In some aspects, the method can include transmitting a preparation radio frequency pulse sequence to the radio frequency coil assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Neuro42 Inc.
    Inventor: Xiaowei ZOU
  • Publication number: 20240219504
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides magnetic resonance phantom imaging phantoms and method of assembling thereof. In one aspect, a magnetic resonance imaging phantom can include a plurality of modular components. The plurality of modular components can include a first modular component, a second modular component, a shell, and a lid. The second modular component can be different than the first modular component. The shell can be structured to receive at least one modular component. The lid can be attachable to the shell to enclose the at least one modular component received within the shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: Neuro42 Inc.
    Inventors: Hung-Yu LIN, Donghui YIN, Nguyen PHAM, Sree Poojitha YERRAMSETTI, Randy LINK, Nio ANDERSON, Rishabh OSTAWAL, Joyce YE, Guanhao FU, Ghoncheh AMOUZANDEH, Xiaowei ZOU
  • Publication number: 20240168105
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for removing electromagnetic interference from low-field magnetic resonance images. In one aspect, a method can include projecting a low-field strength magnetic field toward an object of interest located within a field of view and transmitting a radio frequency pulse sequence to a radio frequency coil assembly configured to selectively excite magnetization in the object of interest within the field of view. The method can further include receiving an output signal from the radio frequency coil assembly during a signal acquisition period and receiving a sample signal from the radio frequency coil assembly during an interference period. The method can further include comparing the output signal and the sample signal to identify an interference component and adjusting the output signal based on the interference component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Neuro42 Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin INGLIS, Donghui YIN, Haidong PENG, Ghoncheh AMOUZANDEH, Xiaowei ZOU
  • Publication number: 20210210591
    Abstract: This application discloses a planar inductor. The planar inductor includes a first inductor module and a second inductor module that are connected in parallel. A direction of a magnetic line of the first inductor module is opposite to a direction of a magnetic line of the second inductor module, so that the magnetic lines can form a self-close loop in the planar inductor, and impact of a far magnetic field generated by the inductor on the outside, especially a nearby inductor, can be greatly reduced, thereby reducing crosstalk between the inductors, that is, reducing a phase noise, and increasing a Q value of the inductor. In addition, this application further provides a semiconductor chip that includes the planar inductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Xiaowei Zou, Chengbo Qiu, Haisheng Lu
  • Patent number: 10069236
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a waterproof structure of a pad, a waterproof pad, and a method for forming the waterproof structure. The waterproof structure includes a first dielectric layer, having an annular hollowed-out recess along the periphery of the first dielectric layer and a metal annular zone formed in the annular hollowed-out recess, and a second dielectric layer, formed above the first dielectric layer and located under the pad and having multiple first through-holes along the periphery of the second dielectric layer and multiple metal posts formed in the multiple first through-holes, where the multiple first through-holes form a hollow annular through-hole chain and the metal annular zone maintains an electrical connection with the multiple metal posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Wang, Junlin Zou, Xiaowei Zou
  • Publication number: 20140045372
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a waterproof structure of a pad, a waterproof pad, and a method for forming the waterproof structure. The waterproof structure includes a first dielectric layer, having an annular hollowed-out recess along the periphery of the first dielectric layer and a metal annular zone formed in the annular hollowed-out recess, and a second dielectric layer, formed above the first dielectric layer and located under the pad and having multiple first through-holes along the periphery of the second dielectric layer and multiple metal posts formed in the multiple first through-holes, where the multiple first through-holes form a hollow annular through-hole chain and the metal annular zone maintains an electrical connection with the multiple metal posts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Wang, Junlin Zou, Xiaowei Zou