Patents by Inventor Yvonne Candidus

Yvonne Candidus 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: 8604784
    Abstract: An MRT acquisition can be simplified by a method, an MRT apparatus and a support, for example a cushion, for a magnetic resonance tomography examination, that has at least one positioning aid for a heel of the patient and that has at least one positioning aid for the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Yvonne Candidus
  • Publication number: 20130249557
    Abstract: A material for use in a magnetic resonance system includes a carrier material and a doping material. The carrier material and the doping material are admixed in a specific proportion. A volume of the material smaller than 1 mm2 contains a substantially homogeneous intermixing of the carrier material and the doping material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Yvonne Candidus, Hubertus Fischer, Robert Greiner, Thomas Kundner
  • Patent number: 8487619
    Abstract: A simple connection of a coil with a magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) is facilitated by a method and an adapter wherein a coil-connection element of at least one local coil is connected with an MRT-connection element of an MRT system. The adapter has a coil-connection element adapter designed to form a connection with at least one coil-connection element of at least one local coil. The adapter also has at least one MRT-connection element adapter designed to form a connection with an MRT-connection element of an MRT system. The adapter can be fixed mechanically to a fixing element of the MRT system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Yvonne Candidus, Daniel Driemel, Helmut Greim, Thomas Kundner
  • Publication number: 20120249142
    Abstract: A local coil for a magnetic resonance tomography system includes a housing with a recess for an object under examination. The local coil also includes a radio-frequency receive antenna system and one or more shim elements for homogenization of a static basic magnetic field of the magnetic resonance tomography system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Yvonne Candidus, Daniel Driemel
  • Patent number: 8198896
    Abstract: A local coil facility is disclosed for a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus for examining an examination object. In at least one embodiment, the local coil facility includes at least one electronic processing system, a high frequency antenna, and an antenna housing to cover the high-frequency antenna and the at least one electronic processing system, the antenna housing having at least one wall close to the object and at least one wall away from the object. To reduce or even minimize the attenuation of PET radiation in a combined MR/PET device and thus in particular to ensure a better signal to noise ratio for the PET measurement, it is proposed according to at least one embodiment of the invention that the surfaces of the wall away from the object are essentially tangential to the examination object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Arnold, Yvonne Candidus, Thomas Kundner, Ralf Ladebeck
  • Publication number: 20110074424
    Abstract: An MRT acquisition can be simplified by a method, an MRT apparatus and a support, for example a cushion, for a magnetic resonance tomography examination, that has at least one positioning aid for a heel of the patient and that has at least one positioning aid for the head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventor: Yvonne Candidus
  • Publication number: 20100271027
    Abstract: A simple connection of a coil with a magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) is facilitated by a method and an adapter wherein a coil-connection element of at least one local coil is connected with an MRT-connection element of an MRT system. The adapter has a coil-connection element adapter designed to form a connection with at least one coil-connection element of at least one local coil. The adapter also has at least one MRT-connection element adapter designed to form a connection with an MRT-connection element of an MRT system. The adapter can be fixed mechanically to a fixing element of the MRT system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Yvonne Candidus, Daniel Driemel, Helmut Greim, Thomas Kundner
  • Publication number: 20100066373
    Abstract: A local coil facility is disclosed for a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus for examining an examination object. In at least one embodiment, the local coil facility includes at least one electronic processing system, a high frequency antenna, and an antenna housing to cover the high-frequency antenna and the at least one electronic processing system, the antenna housing having at least one wall close to the object and at least one wall away from the object. To reduce or even minimize the attenuation of PET radiation in a combined MR/PET device and thus in particular to ensure a better signal to noise ratio for the PET measurement, it is proposed according to at least one embodiment of the invention that the surfaces of the wall away from the object are essentially tangential to the examination object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Thomas ARNOLD, Yvonne CANDIDUS, Thomas KUNDNER, Ralf LADEBECK
  • Patent number: 7639011
    Abstract: A field distribution correction element for positioning on an examination subject in a magnetic resonance system for local influencing of the radio-frequency field distribution during a magnetic resonance acquisition has a system of electrically conductive dipole strips essentially running in parallel, arranged on a carrier element. In a corresponding method for generation of magnetic resonance exposures of an examination subject in a magnetic resonance system, for local influencing of the radio-frequency field distribution, such a field distribution correction element is positioned on the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Yvonne Candidus, Helmut Greim, Markus Vester, Steffen Wolf
  • Patent number: 7634303
    Abstract: A dielectric element is formed of a dielectric material exhibiting a magnetic resonance relaxation time, with a relaxation agent incorporated in the dielectric material that reduces the relaxation time of the dielectric material. The dielectric element is adapted for placement on a subject while magnetic resonance data are acquired from the subject, and locally influences the B1 field distribution in the subject during the acquisition of magnetic resonance data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Yvonne Candidus, Thorsten Feiweier, Wilhelm Horger, Jürgen Huber, Razvan Lazar, Melanie Schmitt, Lothar Schön
  • Patent number: 7492156
    Abstract: A dielectric element is formed of a dielectric material exhibiting a magnetic resonance relaxation time, with a relaxation agent incorporated in the dielectric material that reduces the relaxation time of the dielectric material. The dielectric element is adapted for placement on a subject while magnetic resonance data are acquired from the subject, and locally influences the B1 field distribution in the subject during the acquisition of magnetic resonance data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Yvonne Candidus, Thorsten Feiweier, Wilhelm Horger, Jürgen Huber, Razvan Lazar, Melanie Schmitt, Lothar Schön
  • Patent number: 7432713
    Abstract: A dielectric element for positioning on an examination subject for locally influencing the B1 field distribution during magnetic resonance data acquisition contains a relaxation agent bound to mutually separated particles. The relaxation agent incorporates a paramagnetic substance. In a corresponding method for acquiring magnetic resonance data from an examination subject, such a dielectric element is positioned on the examination subject for locally influencing the B1 field distribution, by homogenizing the B1 field of a magnetic resonance apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Yvonne Candidus, Thorsten Feiweier, Jürgen Huber, Lothar Schön, Thorsten Speckner
  • Publication number: 20080224702
    Abstract: A field distribution correction element for positioning on an examination subject in a magnetic resonance system for local influencing of the radio-frequency field distribution during a magnetic resonance acquisition has a system of electrically conductive dipole strips essentially running in parallel, arranged on a carrier element. In a corresponding method for generation of magnetic resonance exposures of an examination subject in a magnetic resonance system, for local influencing of the radio-frequency field distribution, such a field distribution correction element is positioned on the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Yvonne Candidus, Helmut Greim, Markus Vester, Steffen Wolf
  • Publication number: 20070279054
    Abstract: A dielectric element for positioning on an examination subject for locally influencing the B1 field distribution during magnetic resonance data acquisition contains a relaxation agent bound to mutually separated particles. The relaxation agent incorporates a paramagnetic substance. In a corresponding method for acquiring magnetic resonance data from an examination subject, such a dielectric element is positioned on the examination subject for locally influencing the B1 field distribution, by homogenizing the B1 field of a magnetic resonance apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: Yvonne Candidus, Thorsten Feiweier, Jurgen Huber, Lothar Schon, Thorsten Speckner
  • Publication number: 20070269383
    Abstract: A dielectric element is formed of a dielectric material exhibiting a magnetic resonance relaxation time, with a relaxation agent incorporated in the dielectric material that reduces the relaxation time of the dielectric material. The dielectric element is adapted for placement on a subject while magnetic resonance data are acquired from the subject, and locally influences the B1 field distribution in the subject during the acquisition of magnetic resonance data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Inventors: YVONNE CANDIDUS, THORSTEN FEIWEIER, WILHELM HORGER, JURGEN HUBER, RAZVAN LAZAR, MELANIE SCHMITT, LOTHAR SCHON
  • Publication number: 20050245816
    Abstract: A dielectric element is formed of a dielectric material exhibiting a magnetic resonance relaxation time, with a relaxation agent incorporated in the dielectric material that reduces the relaxation time of the dielectric material. The dielectric element is adapted for placement on a subject while magnetic resonance data are acquired from the subject, and locally influences the B1 field distribution in the subject during the acquisition of magnetic resonance data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: Yvonne Candidus, Thorsten Feiweier, Wilhelm Horger, Jurgen Huber, Razvan Lazar, Melanie Schmitt, Lothar Schon