Patents by Inventor Yasuyuki Kurihara

Yasuyuki Kurihara 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).

  • MR ductography
    Patent number: 7208953
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance system and method are described for performing an improved magnetic resonance ductography which gives better resolution and higher signal to noise ratio than known systems and methods. Use is made of a small coil together with a post processing technique addressed to the improvement of the sensitivity of the coil. The magnetic resonance sequence used is a fat suppressed T2 weighted turbo spin echo sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kurihara, Marc Ivo Julia Van Cauteren
  • Mr ductography
    Publication number: 20060192555
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance system and method are described for performing an improved magnetic resonance ductography which gives better resolution and higher signal to noise ratio than known systems and methods. Use is made of a small coil together with a post processing technique addressed to the improvement of the sensitivity of the coil. The magnetic resonance sequence used is a fat suppressed T2 weighted turbo spin echo sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kurihara, Marc Van Cauteren