Patents by Inventor Zhong Qiang Shi

Zhong Qiang Shi 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: 10969450
    Abstract: In a method, apparatus and storage medium for filling a k-space trajectory in magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, a blank window, following an RF excitation pulse, is set in an arbitrary spatial encoding direction, and a first MR signal is acquired in this blank window, to obtain the phase of the first MR signal. A gradient field is activated outside the blank window and a second MR signal is acquired to obtain the phase of the second MR signal. This first and second MR signals are entered into k-space along first k-space and second k-space trajectories that are respectively based on the phase of the first MR signal and the phase of the second MR signal. A calibrated k-space trajectory in the spatial encoding direction is determined based on the first and second k-space trajectories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Zhong Qiang Shi, De He Weng
  • Publication number: 20190324103
    Abstract: In a method, apparatus and storage medium for filling a k-space trajectory in magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, a blank window, following an RF excitation pulse, is set in an arbitrary spatial encoding direction, and a first MR signal is acquired in this blank window, to obtain the phase of the first MR signal. A gradient field is activated outside the blank window and a second MR signal is acquired to obtain the phase of the second MR signal. This first and second MR signals are entered into k-space along first k-space and second k-space trajectories that are respectively based on the phase of the first MR signal and the phase of the second MR signal. A calibrated k-space trajectory in the spatial encoding direction is determined based on the first and second k-space trajectories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Zhong Qiang Shi, De He Weng