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Surgery > Diagnostic Testing > Detecting Nuclear, Electromagnetic, Or Ultrasonic Radiation > Magnetic Resonance Imaging Or Spectroscopy Magnetic Resonance Imaging Or SpectroscopyMagnetic Resonance Imaging Or Spectroscopy patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.01/11/07 - 20070010733 - Method and apparatus for digital quadrature lock-in detection in magnetic resonance A method and apparatus for digital quadrature lock-in detection capable of receiving magnetic resonance signals or electron spin resonance signals at high sensitivity. The method starts with digitizing a signal wave consisting of a magnetic resonance or electron spin resonance signal. The digitized signal wave is multiplied by digitized reference ... 01/11/07 - 20070010732 - Method for measuring neurovascular uncoupling in fmri Neurovascular uncoupling that causes fMRI data to underestimate viable neuronal activity in the brain is detected and indicated to assist in pre-surgical planning. Tasks associated with the cortical region in question are performed while the fMRI measurement of brain activity is measured and the same tasks are performed while task ... 12/28/06 - 20060293588 - Method and medical imaging apparatus for planning an image acquisition based on a previously-generated reference image In a method and device for planning an examination of an examination subject in an imaging diagnosis device, a reference image is selected, and an image of the examination subject is to be made that corresponds to the reference image. A workflow protocol is determined with which the reference image ... 12/28/06 - 20060293587 - Nuclear magnetic resonance method for body composition analysis A method is disclosed for analyzing composition of a body part from nuclear magnetic resonance measurements made on the body part. The method includes exciting a predetermined sequence of nuclear magnetic resonance phenomena in the body part and measuring nuclear magnetic resonance signals from the body part. At least a ... 12/28/06 - 20060293586 - System and method to perform parallel imaging A system and method to perform parallel MR imaging are disclosed. The system comprises an MR imaging machine and a probe having at least two MR RF reception coils. Each coil of the probe is operationally connected to a separate receiver channel of the MR imaging machine. The MR imaging ... 12/28/06 - 20060293585 - Mehtod for cardiac magnetic resonance imaging The invention relates to a method for cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. The method comprises the steps of monitoring the ECG of a patient and detecting the occurrence of R-waves (RI, R2, R3) in the ECG, acquiring a plurality of phase encoded MR signals (a1-3, b1-3, c1-3, d1-3, e1-3) per cardiac ... 12/14/06 - 20060281987 - Systems, devices, and methods for bundle segmentation in diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method that can comprise automatically causing a representation of body tissue to be rendered. The representation of the body tissue can comprise a plurality of voxels located in an interior region of the body tissue. Each of the plurality of voxels can have a ... 11/30/06 - 20060270930 - Magnetic resonance imaging device The present invention provides a device for use in magnetic resonance imaging of a woman's breasts. The device has breast-supporting cups that comprise an enhanced fat saturation material to facilitate fat suppression during imaging. Significantly, the wearer can put the device on and position it with little or no assistance ... 11/23/06 - 20060264738 - Method and apparatus for examining a substance, particularly tissue, to characterize its type A method and apparatus are disclosed, for examining a substance of a given volume to characterize its type, with an integrated sensing head. The method comprises applying locally to the substance of the given volume a polarizing magnetic field, with a component defining a polarizing axis; applying locally RF pulses ... 11/23/06 - 20060264737 - Method for determination of the supported position of a patient in a magnetic resonance apparatus In a method and magnetic resonance apparatus for determination of the position of the apparatus scanner, three localizer exposures situated orthogonally to one another are obtained during or after the insertion of the patient into the scanner. Using these three localizer exposures, an image analyzer automatically determines anatomical markers shown ... 11/23/06 - 20060264736 - Imaging elastic properties of the lung with magnetic resonance elastography A noble gas is administered to a subject to fill the lungs and magnetic resonance elastography image data is acquired while. vibrations are applied to the chest wall. Shear waves are established in the gas-filled lungs by the vibrations and a shear modulus image is reconstructed from the MRE image ... 11/23/06 - 20060264735 - Mr image reconstruction method and mr apparatus using propeller imaging In a magnetic resonance (MR) image reconstruction method and MR apparatus, for raw MR data are acquired with the propeller technique, and k-space sampling ensues in sub-data sets. The sample points of each sub-data set correspond to grid points of a Cartesian initial grid and the Cartesian initial grid of ... 11/16/06 - 20060258934 - Magnetic resonance locating method The invention relates to a magnetic resonance method for locating interventional devices, in particular in vivo, in which the interventional device bears a marking which in magnetic resonance images influences the measured signals or generates its own measured signals, where the measured signals are processed by means of a one-dimensional ... 11/09/06 - 20060253019 - Mode-scanning excitation magnetic resonance imaging method and system A method, apparatus and computer-readable medium are provided for generating a specified transmit magnetic field profile in the presence of an object. In particular, further transmitted magnetic field profiles are obtained in the presence of the object, where the further profiles correspond to modes associated with an array of conductive ... 11/09/06 - 20060253018 - Calibrating method for artifact-reduced mrt imaging when there is fov displacement The present invention relates generally to nuclear magnetic resonance tomography (synonym: magnetic resonance tomography—MRT) as used in medical applications for examining patients; it relates in particular to a calibrating method when there is FOV displacement within a plane through angle-dependent modulating of the phase of the Fourier DC point of ... 11/09/06 - 20060253017 - System and method for tracking and classifying the left ventricle of the heart using cine-delayed enhancement magnetic resonance A system and method for tracking and classifying the left ventricle of the heart using cine-delayed enhancement magnetic resonance (Cine-DEMR) are provided. The method for tracking the left ventricle comprises: delineating myocardial borders of the left ventricle in an image of a first phase of a cardiac cycle of the ... 11/09/06 - 20060253016 - Systems and methods to assess one or more body fluid metrics The present disclosure provides systems, devices, and/or methods for assessing body fluid-related metrics and/or changes therein. The disclosure further provides systems, devices, and/or methods for correlating body fluid-related metrics in a particular tissue with the corresponding whole-body metric. The disclosure also provides, systems, devices, and/or methods for assessment of such ... 11/09/06 - 20060253015 - Adiabatic t2 preparation sequence for magnetic resonance imaging with reduced b1 sensitivity Adiabatic pulses that define an amplitude modulation and a frequency modulation are applied in a sequence of pulses to obtain a T2 weighted magnetic resonance image. Such an adiabatic T2 prep sequence typically includes a first 90° pulse, an even number of adiabatic pulses, and a second 90° pulse. Adiabatic ... 11/09/06 - 20060253014 - Methods for identifying anatomical and molecular targets for analgesic therapy This invention features methods for identifying targets for analgesic therapy by comparing the results of functional magnetic resonance imaging in non-human test subjects having genetically-based differences in their neural responses to painful stimuli. ... 11/02/06 - 20060247514 - Medical hyperspectral imaging for evaluation of tissue and tumor Apparatus and methods for hyperspectral imaging analysis that assists in real and near-real time assessment of biological tissue condition, viability, and type, and monitoring the above over time. Embodiments of the invention are particularly useful in surgery, clinical procedures, tissue assessment, diagnostic procedures, health monitoring, and medical evaluations, especially in ... 11/02/06 - 20060247513 - Clinical micro-ct (cmct) methods, techniques and apparatus The present invention relates to a method and system (CMCT system) for improving spatial resolution imaging of CT systems. The systems and method can achieve improved spatial resolution while using CT X-ray dosage levels comparable to those currently used in practice. The system and method can be used for micro-tomography ... 11/02/06 - 20060247512 - Patient supported in-bore monitor for mri A portable, wireless patient monitor may be placed with the patient in the bore of an MRI machine eliminating the need for separate cabling between the MRI machine and an external monitoring unit. In one embodiment, the patient monitor may be attached to the patient's shoulder by a harness or ... 10/26/06 - 20060241382 - Mri method for producing an index indicative of brain disorders Time course MRI data is acquired from the hippocampal region of the brain and processed to produce two indices that are a measure of the functional connectivity between locations therein. The MRI data is acquired while the brain is substantially at rest and the spontaneous low frequency component of the ... 10/26/06 - 20060241381 - Multi-channel magnetic resonance imaging reconstruction method for water-fat separation In a multi-channel magnetic resonance imaging reconstruction method for water-fat separation, one in-phase image and two opposed-phase images are acquired with multiple reception coils in respective channels. The sensitivity distribution of the coils of the respective channels is calculated. The images of respective channels are merged dependent on the sensitivity ... 10/26/06 - 20060241380 - Method for obtaining magnetic resonance data representing movement in a subject In an access controller and method for controlling access to medical data, the medical data being provided as at least one first file and a second file independent of the first file with findings regarding patients that are generated by medical personnel being stored in the first file and measurement ... 10/26/06 - 20060241379 - Method for imaging of a periodically-moving subject region of a subject In a method for imaging a periodically-moving subject region of a subject, an overview image data set is initially obtained that maps a movement of the subject region, at least two positions that the subject region assumes at corresponding points in time are marked in the overview image, further positions ... 10/26/06 - 20060241378 - Rapid mr visualization of interventional devices A method and apparatus for visualizing an interventional device in a body using a magnetic resonance (MR) imager. In operation an MR pulse sequence is applied to the body so as to develop MR signals, which are processed so as to acquire one or more images. An operator of the ... 10/26/06 - 20060241377 - System and method for bone strength assessment A device for non-invasively assessing bone strength includes an encoder for establishing a spatial frequency encode that is in a k-space vector form (λk=mi+nj). Importantly, the encode has a magnitude that corresponds to a spatial characteristic that is indicative of bone strength. A magnet creates a magnetic field, and an ... 10/26/06 - 20060241376 - Non-invasive left ventricular volume determination A method of and a computer readable medium comprising a program for calculating total left ventricular (LV) volume during a cardiac cycle. The LV volume is estimated using only endocardial contours in a cardiac 3D image that was acquired at end diastole (ED), i.e. the moment at which the heart ... 10/26/06 - 20060241375 - Method of magnetic resonance perfusion imaging The present invention relates to a method of perfusion imaging comprising: performing a first magnetic resonance data acquisition (A) at a first sensitivity (b) value, performing a set of at least six second magnetic resonance data acquisitions (B1, B2, . . . B6) with gradiant encodings in different directions at ... 10/26/06 - 20060241374 - Methods and systems for using transcranial magnetic stimulation and functional brain mapping for examining cortical sensitivity, brain communication, and effects of medication Transcranial magnetic stimulation is interleaved with functional brain imaging to examine cortex sensitivity and brain communication and to determine efficacy of medication. ... 10/05/06 - 20060224061 - System and method for three-dimensional visualization of conductivity and current density distribution in electrically conducting object System for visualizing conductivity and current density distributions including a plurality of current injecting devices for injecting currents into a measuring object, an MRI scanner for measuring one directional component of a magnetic flux density due to each of the currents injected into a measuring object, an operating part for ... 09/21/06 - 20060211940 - Blood vessel structure segmentation system and method The invention relates to a system and method for segmenting an image of a plurality of structures stored as a set of spatially related data points. The data points represent variations in a predetermined parameter which allows the segmentation to occur. Once the data is acquired, a seed point is ... 09/21/06 - 20060211939 - Arrangement for influencing magnetic particles The invention relates to an arrangement for influencing magnetic particles in a region of action. With the help of an arrangement that has means for generating magnetic fields, there is generated in this case a spatially inhomogeneous magnetic field having at least one zone (301) in which the magnetization of ... 08/24/06 - 20060189865 - Method and processor for visualization of 3d vectorial quantities with color-coded direction information In a method for visualization of three-dimensional vectorial quantities at a data processing device with color-coded direction information, the vectorial quantities are displayed; dependent on their direction, in different colors in a three-dimensionally or two-dimensionally projected representation on an image output unit, and at least one reference element indicating the ... 08/17/06 - 20060184002 - Quantitative contrast enhanced black-blood imaging using quadruple-inversion recovery A reduced field-of-view (FOV) imaging technique combines suppression of signals from outer volume and inflowing blood. Both outer volume and blood suppression are achieved using an SFQIR (Small-FOV Quadruple-inversion-Recovery) preparative pulse sequence including two double-inversion pulse pairs separated by appropriate delays. Within each pair, inversion pulses are successively applied to ... 08/17/06 - 20060184001 - Method for mri scanning of animals for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies A method for detecting the presence of various transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) in mammals is provided. Steps include taking a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) image of the brain of the mammal, selecting a section within the image, determining a measurement of a first brain structure in the section, and determining ... 08/17/06 - 20060184000 - Fast generalized autocalibrating partially parallel acquisition image reconstruction algorithm for magnetic resonance imaging The present invention proposes a fast GeneRalized Autocalibrating Partially Parallel Acquisition (GRAPPA) image reconstruction algorithm for magnetic resonance imaging. The algorithm simplifies data fitting and channel merging in the process of reconstruction into a one-step linear calculation. Parameters needed to perform the linear calculation step can be pre-calculated and stored, ... 08/17/06 - 20060183999 - Method and system for motion compensation in magnetic resonance (mr) imaging A method and system are provided for imaging by predicting, from multiple real time MR imaging data, motion of an object and subsequently obtaining high-resolution imaging data of the object using the predicted motion of the object. Thus, the process uses real time images to derive a history of the ... 08/17/06 - 20060183998 - A method for determining the condition of an object by magnetic resonance imaging A method for determining the condition of an animate or inanimate object by magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, particularly for determining the pathologic condition of rheumatoid arthritis (“arthritis rheumatoides”) and carrying out a patient follow-up. ... 08/17/06 - 20060183997 - Magnetic resonance system and method for checking the positioning of an examination subject In a magnetic resonance system and method for checking the positioning of an examination subject, with an image acquisition unit that acquires images of an examination subject by means of nuclear magnetic resonance, an image processing unit automatically searches the acquired images of the examination subject for geometric figures in ... 08/17/06 - 20060183996 - Magnetic resonance imaging system A magnetic resonance imaging system in which measurement data (k space data) of arterial phase is extracted easily (and instantaneously) after imaging a plurality of time phases including the arterial phase and its image can be displayed in dynamic MRA measurement employing a contrast medium. Dynamic measurement is thereby carried ... 08/03/06 - 20060173279 - Method for implementing a medical imaging examination procedure In a method for implementation of an imaging measurement procedure, at least three image data sets of at least one region of interest of an examination subject are obtained using different measurement parameters and/or different imaging measurement procedures. A difference image of a first and a second of the image ... 08/03/06 - 20060173278 - Anatomical fixture for magnetic resonance position imaging Fixtures for immobilizing a patient during magnetic resonance imaging. ... 08/03/06 - 20060173277 - Adaptive imaging parameters with mri Systems, methodologies, media, and other embodiments associated with automatically adapting MRI controlling parameters are described. One exemplary method embodiment includes configuring an MRI apparatus to acquire MR signal data using a non-rectilinear trajectory. The example method may also include acquiring MR signals, transforming the MR signals into image data, and ... 08/03/06 - 20060173276 - Contrast-enhanced moving table mr arteriography with stochastic sampling of central k-space A system is described for the acquisition of a magnetic resonance scan of a subject. The system is particularly useful when the subject which contains a volume of interest which is larger than the field of view of the system and when the scan includes a time dependent signal. The ... 08/03/06 - 20060173275 - System for early detection of disease and development of disease-specific biomarkers The present invention relates to a method for the detection of a specific disease in a mammal, comprising providing an NMR spectrum of metabolites in a body fluid of an individual of said mammal in which said disease is suspected and comparing said NMR spectrum with a difference profile, comprising ... 07/13/06 - 20060155186 - Bone health assessment using spatial-frequency analysis Bone health assessment using spatial-frequency analysis for assessing the health of trabecular bone by acquiring k-space data for the relevant spatial frequencies and direction vectors indicative of bone health. This does not require that the k-space data be taken with the bone held motionless for the duration of the analysis. ... 06/29/06 - 20060142655 - Table position sensing for magnetic resonance imaging An MRI apparatus is provided. The MRI apparatus includes a main magnet (12) for generating a main magnetic field in an examination region, a plurality of gradient magnets (16) for generating magnetic field gradients in the main magnetic field, a radio frequency coil (22) for transmitting radio frequency signals into ... 06/22/06 - 20060135867 - Shape analysis of surfaces A method and apparatus are provided to map the shape or thickness of a surface. Thickness estimates across a distance are received, and Fourier analysis is performed to generate Fourier amplitude coefficients and phase values for a number of frequency components. Linear discriminant functions are used to characterize the resulting ... 06/08/06 - 20060122487 - Magnetic resonance imaging using technique of positioning multi-slabs to be imaged A magnetic resonance imaging system is provided for obtaining MR images by scanning a region of the object previously located on an object's positioning image. The system comprises a displaying unit, inputting unit, approximating unit, and locating unit. The displaying unit displays a plurality of tomographic images of the object ... 06/08/06 - 20060122486 - Magnetic resonance imaging with resolution and contrast enhancement MRI scans typically have higher resolution within a slice than between slices. To improve the resolution, two MRI scans are taken in different, preferably orthogonal, directions. The scans are registered by maximizing a correlation between their gradients and then fused to form a high-resolution image. Multiple receiving coils can be ... 06/08/06 - 20060122485 - Optimized method for prevention of foldover artifacts in magnetic resonance tomography In an MRT method and apparatus with oversampling in at least one phase coding direction of a first region of interest to be visualized, an overview slice image is acquired across the entire subject to be examined in a selected slice, a marking input of the first image region of ... 06/01/06 - 20060116569 - Phase error measuring method, mr imaging method, and mri system The present invention is intended to provide a phase error measuring method capable of measuring a phase error occurring in each phase encoding direction that corresponds to the direction of a readout magnetic field gradient which is turned in units of a radian. The phase error measuring method in accordance ... 06/01/06 - 20060116568 - Magnetic resonance angiography data A method is provided for improved visualization of vascular structures contained within magnetic resonance angiograms, particularly steady-state contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiograms. The disclosed methods include manipulating the relative enhancement levels of the arterial and venous blood pools images with respect to each other and to the surrounding anatomy. This manipulation ... 05/18/06 - 20060106300 - Selective mr imaging of magnetic susceptibility deviations Method for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of at least one specific element, wherein the signal of background tissue represented in an MR image is at least partially dephased by applying a gradient imbalance or additional gradient, wherein signal around said element is accordingly conserved, resulting in a selective depiction of ... 05/18/06 - 20060106299 - Magnetic resonance imaging device and data processing method for magnetic resonance imaging device A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus 20 includes a scan executing unit that executes scan to generate sensitivity map data of an RF coil 24, a region reduction unit 44b that applies region reduction to a signal region near a no-signal region of image data obtained by the scan, a sensitivity ... 05/11/06 - 20060100500 - System, imaging suite, and method for using an electro-pneumatic insufflator for magnetic resonance imaging Embodiments of the invention provide a system and method for using an electro-pneumatic insufflator for magnetic resonance imaging, such as for virtual colonoscopy. Embodiments of the invention further provide a MRI imaging suite and a method for distension of a body part to be imaged. As an alternative to the ... 05/11/06 - 20060100499 - System and method for real-time localization for gated mr imaging A system and method for MR imaging is disclosed that includes displaying a series of MR images of an ROI in real-time and localizing a slice within the ROI. The method also includes using a parallel imaging technique to acquire gated MR data from the localized slice and reconstructing a ... 05/04/06 - 20060094952 - Methods and apparatuses for fast chemical shift magnetic resonance imaging Systems and methods are described for chemical shift magnetic resonance imaging in the presence of multiple chemical species. A method includes obtaining a plurality of MRI data signals using a Dixon technique in combination with partially parallel imaging techniques and/or inversion recovery techniques, and processing the plurality of MRI data ... 04/27/06 - 20060089550 - Disposable container for use with an open magnetic resonance scanner A disposable container (100) which can be used to examine excised material during a surgical procedure is adapted for use with an open magnetic resonance scanner. The container (100) has a receive coil (200), provided in or on the body of the container (100), and can be connected (directly or ... 04/13/06 - 20060079755 - Method and apparatus for acquiring overlapped medical image slices The disclosure describes a technique for medical imaging, referred to herein as the Rapid Interleave Overlap Technique (RIOT), wherein image data is acquired as a plurality of series sequences in a manner that allows for unlimited overlap. RIOT involves interleaving and overlapping 2D image slices of multiple series of image ... 04/13/06 - 20060079754 - Motion correction of magnetic resonance images using moments of spatial projections Magnetic resonance images reconstructed from a radial/projection acquisition are corrected for motion corruption caused by in-plane translational and in-plane rotational motion of an imaged subject using only the projection data itself. The method is based on the consistency properties of the 0th, 1st, and 2nd order moments of the spatial ... 04/06/06 - 20060074291 - Magnetic resonance imaging system and method A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system using a double inversion recovery (DIR) imaging pulse sequence for acquiring black-blood images for obtaining a first level of nulling of a blood signal from acquired imaging slices is provided. The MRI system comprises an image processor configured changing a respective time order of ... 03/23/06 - 20060064004 - Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and magnetic resonance imaging method A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus comprising an imaging condition setting unit, a gradient coil, a radio frequency coil, a data acquisition unit, an image reconstructing unit and an image data generating unit. The imaging condition setting unit sets a first imaging condition and a second imaging condition at least. The ... 03/23/06 - 20060064003 - Method for monitoring early treatment response Disclosed is a method for monitoring early treatment response of a cancer treatment comprising measuring by magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), for example, proton MRS, the amount of Choline present in the cancerous tissue before and after treatment; the treatment comprises administration of a cell surface receptor inhibitor, for example, an ... 03/23/06 - 20060064002 - Method for monitoring thermal heating during magnetic resonance imaging The SAR exposure of a subject undergoing an MRI examination is measured by acquiring a thermal image that indicates that temperature increase caused by the SAR exposure. This measurement may be used in a prescan process to adjust the SAR load produced by a prescribed imaging pulse sequence, and it ... 03/16/06 - 20060058635 - Method and apparatus for mr image acquisition wherein operating parameter sets are displayed with an image element indicative of an acquisition result In a method and MR apparatus for acquisition of images of an examination region of a human or animal body by means of measurement parameter sets controlling the image acquisition, selection of an examination region to be acquired is made by a user according to anatomical viewpoints by means of ... 03/16/06 - 20060058634 - Mr image production method and mri apparatus A method to generate separate water and fat images includes applying a pulse sequence, which brings about no phase difference between a water signal and a fat signal, so as to acquire calibration data items that provide the distribution of sensitivities of coils, applying a pulse sequence, which uses the ... 03/16/06 - 20060058633 - Interventional mr imaging with detection and display of device position A magnetic resonance imaging system for interventional MR imaging involves operations to insert a device such as a catheter into an object. According to the system, a tip position of the catheter is detected, data indicative of moved loci of the catheter are produced from data indicative of the detected ... 03/16/06 - 20060058632 - Method of medical modeling A method of medical modeling comprising the steps of identifying a plurality of medical facilities each having an MRI diagnostic system, providing a 3D printer at each of the identified medical facilities, conducting an MRI study at one of the identified medical facilities, transmitting MRI data comprising the MRI study ... 03/16/06 - 20060058631 - System and method for automatically obtaining a digital image of a heart A system and a method for obtaining a digital image of a heart of a person are provided. The system scans an internal anatomy of a chest region of the person to obtain scanning data. The system further generates a digital image of four chambers of the heart based on ... 03/16/06 - 20060058630 - Sub-sampled moving table mri A magnetic resonance method is described for forming a dynamic image from a plurality of signals of an object moving relative to at least one RF′ receiving antenna. Imaging is acquired by at least two adjacent fields of view (FOV), which are reconstructed to an image over a region of ... 03/16/06 - 20060058629 - Magnetic resonance method A novel magnetic resonance imaging method is presented for forming an image of an object from a plurality of signals acquired by an array of multiple receiver antennae. Prior to imaging a sensitivity map of each of the receiver antennae is provided, at least two adjacent antennae record signals originating ... 03/16/06 - 20060058628 - Determination of subencoding mri coil sensitivities in a lower order magnetic field A novel magnetic resonance imaging method is presented for forming an image of an object from a plurality of signals acquired by an array of receiver antennae, whereas prior to imaging a sensitivity map of each of the receiver antennae is provided, at least two adjacent antennae record signals originating ... 03/09/06 - 20060052688 - Robust coronary mr angiography mr without respiratory navigation A method for acquiring image data from a subject during a scan with a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) system comprising the steps of acquiring a reference data set of a region of interest, acquiring a plurality of free-breathing data sets, and, selectively processing the plurality of free-breathing data sets in ... 03/09/06 - 20060052687 - Method for three-dimensional modeling of the skull and internal structures thereof A method is disclosed in this publication for modeling different internal structures of a head, such as different parts of the brain, the method comprising the step of determining the location of the internal structures, such as the different cerebral parts, of at least one first head (B) in a ... 03/02/06 - 20060047198 - Magnetic resonance diagnostic apparatus A magnetic resonance diagnostic apparatus includes an input unit which inputs information associated with the physique of a subject to be examined and information associated with an imaging region, a calculating unit which calculates a partial body SAR associated with a partial body including the imaging region on the basis ... 03/02/06 - 20060047197 - Validation scheme for composing magnetic resonance images (mri) Method and apparatus for determining the quality of alignment of a pair of volumes of data of medical images is disclosed. The method for validating the alignment includes selecting one or more points in the first volume and one or more points in the second volume, determining the average distance ... 03/02/06 - 20060047196 - Method and apparatus for magnetic resonance analysis A method of designing a magnetic structure for providing a monotonic static magnetic field for magnetic resonance analysis. The method comprises: selecting a first geometry defining a volume-of-interest and selecting a magnetic field query, which is defined on a plurality of coordinates within the first geometry, the magnetic field query ... 02/16/06 - 20060036155 - Method for positioning a medical image slice In a method for positioning an image slice of an examination subject obtained with a diagnostic imaging apparatus, the determination of the position ensues automatically according to settable criteria. The criteria are established using an already-acquired slice or slice series. ... 02/16/06 - 20060036154 - Magnetic resonance tomography apparatus and method for representation of tissue with very short t2 relaxation time In a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus and method for determination of T2-weighted images of tissue with short T2 time, in the framework of a steady-state free precession sequence with non-slice-selective RF excitation pulses and projection-reconstruction methods, in each sequence repetition a first steady-state is read out in the form of ... 02/16/06 - 20060036153 - Questions and control paradigms for detecting deception by measuring brain activity Methods for determining whether the brain activity of a human subject in response to a stimulus of interest or question of interest is characteristic of a state of interest, such as a deceptive state or a truthful state, are disclosed. Some methods include the use of control questions, including truthful ... 02/16/06 - 20060036152 - Systems & methods for detecting deception by measuring brain activity Methods for determining whether the brain activity of a human subject in response to a stimulus of interest or question of interest is characteristic of a state of interest, such as a deceptive state or a truthful state, are disclosed. Some methods include the use of control questions, including truthful ... 02/02/06 - 20060025674 - System and method for tree projection for detection of pulmonary embolism A system and method for detecting an area of interest such as a pulmonary embolism in a structure of interest such as a vessel tree or airway tree are provided. The method comprises: segmenting image data of the structure of interest; and rendering two-dimensional images based on a function of ... 02/02/06 - 20060025673 - Method, system and storage medium which includes instructions for analyzing anatomical structures A method, system and storage arrangement are provided for effectuating an evaluation and analysis of anatomical structures, and creating and/or modifying images associated therewith. In particular, at least two images associated with the anatomical structure can be normalized so as to produce normalized image. A normalized set of regions of ... 01/26/06 - 20060020198 - Method for acquiring mri data from variable fields of view during continuous table motion MRA data is acquired from a large region of interest by translating the patient through the bore of the MRI system as a three-dimensional MRA data set are acquired. The pulse sequence is altered during the scan to change the lateral FOVL of the acquired image to better match the ... 01/26/06 - 20060020197 - Method for differentiating tissues in magnetic resonance imaging A method of differentiating tissues in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) comprising applying a Magnetization Transfer (MT) pre-pulse in combination with the Diffusion Weighted Imaging (DWI) pulse sequence to obtain an image of the tissue under evaluation. Analysis maps and/or measurements are generated from the obtained image, from which values representative ... 12/29/05 - 20050288573 - Dectecting melanoma by electron paramagnetic resonance Embodiments of methods and apparatus use electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy to provide a signal from melanin to image a melanoma. Embodiments of methods and apparatus use electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy to provide a signal from melanin to detect metastatic melanoma in a sentinel lymph node. Embodiments of methods and apparatus ... 12/22/05 - 20050283068 - Magnetic resonance imaging having patient video, microphone and motion tracking Critical needs for MRI patient instruction, testing, comfort, motion control, and speech communication are provided for better imaging which leads to more effective medical care. An MRI Digital Video Projection System is disclosed which provides better quality display to the patient to better inform, instruct, test, and comfort the patient ... 12/15/05 - 20050277826 - Apparatus and method for reducing interference In an electronic apparatus and method for reducing interference in an EPM signal, there is provided (a) a signal line connected to a-signal electrode; and (b) a reference line connected to a reference electrode. The signal line and reference line are associated by being in close physical proximity for a ... 12/15/05 - 20050277825 - Velocity-selective arterial spin labeling without spatial selectivity Techniques for providing velocity-selective magnetic arterial spin labeling in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) without spatial selectivity. In one implementation, an RF pulse train is applied to selectively tag spins according to velocities of the spins without selection based on locations of the spins. MRI images of tagged spins at an ... 12/08/05 - 20050273000 - Method and apparatus for providing a stimulus in magnetic resonance imaging system The subject invention pertains to a method and apparatus for providing a video display near a MRI scanner. The subject invention can provide a visual display inside a magnet room in which a MRI scanner is located. In an embodiment, the subject invention can provide a visual display near or ... 12/08/05 - 20050272999 - Method of virtual endoscopy for medical 3d image display and processing, computed tomograph, workstation and computer program product A method is proposed for virtual endoscopy for medical 3D image display and processing in computed tomography. The method includes providing a first evaluation volume on the basis of a 3D data volume and providing an observer path through the first evaluation volume. To allow automatic calculation of the observer ... 12/08/05 - 20050272998 - Magnetic resonance apparatus and operating method for generating a homogenous rf field in the examination volume In a method and magnetic resonance system for generating a homogenous, radio-frequency excitation field in a spatial examination volume of the magnetic resonance system for a subject examination, the magnetic resonance system having a body coil comprised of N resonator segments or groups and a control and evaluation device for ... 12/08/05 - 20050272997 - Mri method for assessing myocardial viability An assessment of myocardial viability in a subject is performed by acquiring an MR image which distinguishes infarcted myocardium from normal myocardium. A contrast agent is used and after a waiting period, a cardiac-gated segmented inversion recovery gradient-recalled radial sampling technique is employed to acquire NMR data over a substantial ... 12/01/05 - 20050267352 - Method and an apparatus for image acquisition and display by means of nuclear magnetic resonance imaging A method for image acquisition and display by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging, allowing display of images of an anatomical region along section planes or slices having different positions with respect to another, which method includes carrying out at least one three dimensional Magnetic Resonance Imaging for acquiring three dimensional anatomical ... 11/17/05 - 20050256393 - System and method for generating t1 and t2 maps A method of generating three-dimensional T1 and T2 maps for steady state imaging involves acquiring a first set of spoiled gradient echo images with contrast dependent on T1. A second set of fully refocused gradient echo images with contrast dependent upon T1 and T2 is then acquired. A T1 map ... 11/10/05 - 20050251023 - Method and mr apparatus for ppa mr imaging with radial data acquisition In a method and for MR apparatus PPA imaging with radial data acquisition in magnetic resonance tomography, k-space is under-scanned by acquiring a number of projections φ with a coil array of M component coils, a shift operator C(±nΔk) is determined for a projection φi on the basis of measured ... 11/10/05 - 20050251022 - Method of cyclic magnetic resonance imaging The invention provides a method and a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus where cyclic image data acquisition is performed while the patient is continuously moved through the imaging volume provided by the magnetic field. The volume to be imaged is subdivided into sub-volumes. Image data acquisitions are sequentially performed for the ... 11/03/05 - 20050245815 - Apparatus and method for polarizing polarizable nuclear species The present invention is a polarizing process involving a number of steps. The first step requires moving a flowing mixture of gas, the gas at least containing a polarizable nuclear species and vapor of at least one alkali metal, with a transport velocity that is not negligible when compared with ... 11/03/05 - 20050245814 - Catheter tracking with phase information The present invention discloses a method for determining the position and/or orientation of a catheter or other interventional access device or surgical probe using phase patterns in a magnetic resonance (MR) signal. In the method of the invention, global two-dimensional correlations are used to identify the phase pattern and orientation ... 11/03/05 - 20050245813 - Method for acquiring dynamic magnetic resonance signals for tomography In a method for acquiring dynamically varying magnetic resonance signals, a respiration cycle of a patient is monitored in a learning phase. Acquisition of varying signals ensues with the highest possible temporal resolution in an initial phase with a breath-hold by the patient. Slowly varying signals are subsequently acquired with ... 11/03/05 - 20050245812 - Acquiring contrast-enhanced, t1-weighted, cine magnetic resonance images A method of magnetic resonance imaging of anatomy that is subject to a movement cycle (e.g., the heart during a cardiac cycle), comprising: administering a magnetic resonance contrast agent; waiting a period of time until the contrast agent is effective to cause selected portions of the anatomy (e.g., macrotic cardiac ... 11/03/05 - 20050245811 - Magnetic field sensor-based navigation system to track mr image-guided interventional procedures A magnetic sensor navigation system is disclosed, which includes: (a) a magnetic sensor array, including one or more magnetic non-Faradaic sensors; (b) a sensor interface operatively connected to receive a signal from each sensor of the array, wherein the sensor interface operates to generate a processed signal from one or ... 11/03/05 - 20050245810 - Method of registering pre-operative high field closed magnetic resonance images with intra-operative low field open interventional magnetic resonance images A system and method for registering pre-operative magnetic resonance (MR) images with intra-operative MR images is disclosed. A pre-operative MR image of an object is received. A set of intra-operative MR images of the object is received. The pre-operative MR image is rigidly registered with the initial intra-operative MR image. ... 11/03/05 - 20050245809 - Magnetic resonance imaging with improved differentation of infarcted tissue A method of generating a magnetic resonance image is provided, comprising subjecting a subject to a magnetic field. The subject comprised of a first tissue a second tissue and a third tissue. The method generates a first pulse sequence at a first TI time and generates a first image after ... 10/27/05 - 20050240099 - Contrast-invariant registration of cardiac and renal magnetic resonance perfusion images A system and method are provided for contrast-invariant registration of images, the system including a processor, an imaging adapter or a communications adapter for receiving an image data sequence, a user interface adapter for selecting a reference frame from the image sequence or cropping a region of interest (ROI) from ... 10/27/05 - 20050240098 - Magnetic resonance imaging of a medical device and proximate body tissue Medical devices incorporate therein imaging materials having selected MRI detectable nuclei to provide useful magnetic resonance images of the medical devices and proximate body tissue. Also, a method generates MRI images of such a medical device, and involves performing first and second MRI processes on a body portion including at ... 10/27/05 - 20050240097 - Inter-subject coherence in dt-mri A method for estimating a value of a diffusion tensor includes obtaining, from a plurality of test subjects, DT-MRI data from which an initial estimate of the tensor can be derived. Values indicative of int-subject variation and inter-subject variation in the data are then determined. These values are used to ... 10/27/05 - 20050240096 - Method and apparatus for quantitative bone matrix imaging by magnetic resonance imaging An apparatus and technique for measuring volumetric, 3-D bone organic matrix density is described. The techniques includes providing a first pulse sequence fragment selected to suppress at least two fluid resonance signals and providing a second pulse sequence fragment which images at least solid signals. In one embodiment, a series ... 10/27/05 - 20050240095 - Variable flip angle, sar-reduced state free precession mri acquisition The invention relates to a magnetic resonance imaging method in which gradient echo signals (E1, E2, E3) are repeatedly acquired for a plurality of phase encoding values. In order to reduce the RF load whereto a patient to be examined is exposed, the flip angles of RF excitation pulses (HF1, ... 10/20/05 - 20050234330 - System, method and apparatus for mri maintenance and support An MRI apparatus consolidates and stores maintenance and/or performance data automatically measured by a measurement unit and data manually input via an input device. The automatically measured data may include an adjustment value, a state value or an error record. The manually input data may include a software and/or hardware ... 10/13/05 - 20050228262 - Thermal shield to coldhead sleeve thermal contact A magnetic resonance imaging magnet assembly is provided. The assembly comprises a outer thermal shield having an operational temperature. The assembly further includes a cold sleeve assembly comprising a plurality of braid elements mounted to a cooler block and a highly thermally conductive block mounted between the cooler block and ... 10/13/05 - 20050228261 - Magnetic resonance imaging method A novel combination of free-breathing navigator-gated 3D coronary magnetic resonance angiography with SENSE imaging is described. Applying a SENSE reduction factor of two at a main magnet field of 3 T allows to image long portions of the left and the right coronary artery system during half of the scan ... 10/06/05 - 20050222504 - Nmr clinical analyzers and related methods, systems, modules and computer program products for clinical evaluation of biosamples Methods, computer program products and apparatus automate clinical NMR in vitro diagnostic analyzers. The clinical analyzer can automatically electronically monitor selected parameters and automatically electronically adjust parameters to maintain the analyzer within desired operational ranges. The clinical NMR analyzers can be configured as a networked system with a plurality of ... 09/29/05 - 20050215884 - Evaluation of alzheimer's disease using an independent component analysis of an individual's resting-state functional mri A clinically valuable method is provided for evaluating the onset or progression of Alzheimer's disease using a non-invasive biomarker obtained from an independent component analysis (ICA) of an individual's resting state functional MRI. The method is relatively more automated and objective than previous methods and exploits dysfunctional connectivity across an ... 09/29/05 - 20050215883 - Non-invasive imaging for determination of global tissue characteristics Evaluating tissue characteristics including identification of injured tissue or alteration of the ratios of native tissue components such as shifting the amounts of normal myocytes and fibrotic tissue in the heart, identifying increases in the amount of extracellular components or fluid (like edema or extracellular matrix proteins), or detecting infiltration ... 09/29/05 - 20050215882 - Noninvasive method to determine fat content of tissues using mri The present invention relates to systems and methods for generating high resolution MR images of the fractional amount or percentage of fat content in an imaged object. In particular, the present invention relates to systems and methods for obtaining high resolution MR images of fat content with reduced NMR relaxation ... 09/29/05 - 20050215881 - Microvascular blood volume magnetic resonance imaging A magnetic resonance imaging system includes a magnetic resonance imaging scanner (10) that performs an inversion recovery magnetic resonance excitation sequence (70) having a blood-nulling inversion time (60) determined based on a blood T1 value appropriate for a selected magnetic field and blood hematocrit, whereby magnetic resonance of blood is ... 09/15/05 - 20050203378 - Optical mri catheter system An assembly for delivering optical signals comprising a nuclear magnetic resonance system; an optical interface assembly electrically connected to the nuclear magnetic resonance system, the optical interface assembly comprising a first laser for producing laser optical signals, an interface optical to electrical signal convertor, and an interface optical connector assembly; ... 09/15/05 - 20050203377 - Method and apparatus for anatomically tailored k-space sampling and recessed elliptical view ordering for bolus-enhanced 3d mr angiography Current bolus chase magnetic resonance angiography is limited by the imaging time for each station. Tailoring the density of k-space sampling along the anterior-posterior direction of the coronal station allows a substantial decrease in scan time that leads to greater contrast bolus sharing among stations and consequently a significant improvement ... 09/15/05 - 20050203376 - Ultra high-speed magnetic resonance imaging device Ultrahigh speed magnetic resonance imaging equipment is capable of predicting temporal and spatial operation of an object to be imaged and significantly reducing the number of phase and frequency encodings, thereby significantly increasing the imaging speed. An object (4) to be imaged is placed in a static magnetic field (3) ... 09/08/05 - 20050197563 - Optical mri catheter system An assembly for delivering optical signals comprising a nuclear magnetic resonance system comprised of magnets, an NMR programmable logic unit, a signal input channel, and a command output channel; an optical interface assembly electrically connected to the nuclear magnetic resonance system, the optical interface assembly comprising a first laser modulated ... 09/08/05 - 20050197562 - Method and magnetic resonance imaging apparatus for automatically determining the sagittal plane of a subject In a method and magnetic resonance apparatus for the automatic determination of the sagittal plane in the examination region of an object, an essentially coronal localizer image exposure of the examination region is acquired, from which the sagittal plane is determined by an automatic image assessment by the image-processing unit ... 09/08/05 - 20050197561 - System for detecting symptoms, determining staging and gauging drug efficacy in cases of parkinson's disease A system for using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) for detecting symptoms indicative of Parkinson's disease, diagnosing Parkinson's disease and gauging the efficacy of medications used in treating Parkinson's disease. The system includes process steps involving activating a selected region of the brain which may be affected by Parkinson's disease ... 09/08/05 - 20050197560 - System for detecting symptoms, determining staging and gauging drug efficacy in cases of alzheimer's disease A system for using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) for detecting symptoms indicative of Alzheimer's disease, diagnosing Alzheimer's disease and gauging the efficacy of medications used in treating Alzheimer's disease. The system includes steps involving activating a selected region of the brain which may be affected by Alzheimer's disease using ... 08/25/05 - 20050187458 - Mri method and apparatus using ppa image reconstruction In a method and apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging based on a partially parallel acquisition (PPA) reconstruction technique, a number of partial k-space data sets are acquired with a number of component coils, the totality of the partial data sets forming a complete k-space data set, the respective coil sensitivity ... 08/25/05 - 20050187457 - Mr imaging method The invention relates to an MR imaging method in which at least one gradient magnetic field which traverses the object (7) to be examined is applied for a given period of time, a co-ordinate system being associated with the object (7) to be examined. In most cases the parameters of ... 08/18/05 - 20050182314 - System and method for mri tagging spatial modulation of magnetization A method of inducing tag lines in an MRI image is provided which allows adjustment of tag line width and spacing. The method includes determining a desired tag line width (505) and then selecting a parameter of a SINC modulating function, such as main lobe bandwidth, in accordance with the ... 08/04/05 - 20050171423 - Whole body mri scanning with moving table and interactive control The present invention includes a method and apparatus for high sensitivity whole body scanning using MR imaging. The invention includes acquiring MR data as the patient moves through the iso-center of the magnet while providing interactive control for the operator to change scan parameters and table motion and direction. The ... 08/04/05 - 20050171422 - Water fat separated magnetic resonance imaging method and system using steady-state free-precession Water-fat separated magnetic resonance (MR) images with balanced steady-state free precession (SSFP) are produced. The acquired SSFP signals are isolated into multiple echo components in which the phase arrangements between the water and fat signals are controlled by appropriately selecting the TR and TE values of the SSFP imaging sequence. ... 07/28/05 - 20050165298 - Treatment of cardiac tissue following myocardial infarction utilizing high intensity focused ultrasound A noninvasive or minimally invasive treatment of infarct areas of the heart with High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) emitted without respect to the timing or phase of the cardiac cycle, intended to remodel cardiac tissue by inducing angiogenesis and/or the formation of myocytes to improve cardiac function. ... 07/28/05 - 20050165297 - Magnetic tracking system The present invention provides an electromagnetic tracking system that includes a field generator and a field sensor arranged to generate and detect, respectively, an electromagnetic field. Both the transmitter and receiver coils are connected to signal conditioning and processing circuitry to provide outputs indicative of the coil signals. A processor ... 07/28/05 - 20050165296 - Method and apparatus for phase-sensitive magnetic resonance imaging Systems and methods are described for phase-sensitive magnetic resonance imaging using an efficient and robust phase correction algorithm. A method includes obtaining a plurality of MRI data signals, such as two-point Dixon data, one-point Dixon data, or inversion recovery prepared data. The method further includes implementing a phase-correction algorithm, that ... 07/28/05 - 20050165295 - Local magnetic resonance image quality by optimizing imaging frequency In a method and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging apparatus for reducing artifacts due to resonance frequency offsets in a diagnostic MR image, a number of MR scout images of a portion of a subject containing a region of interest (ROI) are generated respectively using different radio frequency (RF) excitation frequencies. ... 07/28/05 - 20050165294 - Automated brain mri and ct prescriptions in talairach space Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Computerized Tomotography (CT), or other diagnostic modalities may employ a three-step procedure during initial (“scout”) cranial pre-scans that corrects for patient positioning (i.e., roll, yaw and pitch) to reduce inter- and intra-patient variation, thereby enhancing the diagnostic and comparative value of subsequent detail scans even ... 07/21/05 - 20050159661 - Electromagnetic interference immune tissue invasive system An electromagnetic immune tissue invasive system includes a primary device housing. The primary device housing having a control circuit therein. A shielding is formed around the primary device housing to shield the primary device housing and any circuits therein from electromagnetic interference. A lead system transmits and receives signals between ... 07/14/05 - 20050154292 - Method and control device to operate a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus In a method and control device for the operation of a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus, initially an anatomical normal model whose geometry is variable is selected for an examination subject to be examined dependent on a diagnostic inquiry. Then a number of overview images of a region of the examination ... 07/14/05 - 20050154291 - Method of using a small mri scanner Multiple methods of performing whole body scans using a cost-effective small magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system are disclosed. High magnetic field homogeneity of an open, small MRI is obtained by a combination of passive shimming and high order active shimming. A dynamic shimming while imaging (DSWI) method is provided to ... 07/14/05 - 20050154290 - Functional brain imaging for detecting and assessing deception and concealed recognition, and cognitive/emotional response to information This invention provides method and system for measuring changes in the brain activity of an individual by functional brain imaging methods for investigative purposes, e.g., detecting and assessing whether an individual is being truthful or deceptive, and/or whether an individual has a prior knowledge of a certain face or object. ... 07/07/05 - 20050148861 - Methods and systems for image selection and display Methods and systems for selecting and/or displaying related images. Images may be selected by designating a first region of interest in an image, wherein the first region of interest comprises one or more addresses including an address of interest; locating one or more images in a selected series of images ... 07/07/05 - 20050148860 - Method for bone structure prognosis and simulated bone remodeling Described herein are methods for analyzing bone structure and/or bone density, methods for estimating fracture risk in a subject as well as methods for monitoring the efficacy of an agent on bone structure and/or bone density. ... 07/07/05 - 20050148859 - Apparatus and methods of cortical surface registration and deformation tracking for patient-to-image alignment in relation to image-guided surgery A cortical surface registration procedure related to a diagnostic or surgical procedure. In one embodiment, the procedure includes the steps of pre-operatively obtaining a first textured point cloud of the cortical surface of a targeted region of a brain of a living subject, intra-operatively obtaining optically a second textured point ... 07/07/05 - 20050148858 - Multi-compartment separation in magnetic resonance using transient steady-state free precession imaging Disclosed is a method of quantitatively separating tissue signals based on relaxation time differences. The method uses the transient signal decay in steady-state free precession (balanced SSFP) imaging to provide an alternative to standard CPMG methods of T2-relaxometry. The balanced SSFP technique allows 3-4 times the temporal resolution of CPMG, ... 06/30/05 - 20050143649 - System for detecting travel state of capsule endoscope in subject A system includes a device that is swallowed, passes through a subject, and includes a magnetic field generator generating a constant magnetic field; and a travel state detector. The travel state detector includes a magnetic detector, disposed in a fixed relative position to the subject, detecting an intensity of a ... 06/30/05 - 20050143648 - System for detecting position of capsule endoscope in subject A system includes a device swallowed, passing through a subject, and including a constant magnetic field generator generating a constant magnetic field; and a position transducer. The position transducer includes a magnetic detector, a calibration magnetic field generator, a magnetic detector detecting an intensity of a magnetic field, a coordinate ... 06/30/05 - 20050143647 - System for detecting position of capsule endoscope in subject A system is for detecting a position of a device. The device is swallowed, passes through a subject, and includes a magnetic field generator generating a constant magnetic field. The system also includes a position transducer including a magnetic detector and a position processor. The magnetic detector is disposed at ... 06/16/05 - 20050131290 - Parallel mr imaging method The invention relates to a parallel MR imaging method in which first a first MR imaging sequence is formed with a selectable minimum number of phase encoding steps and at least two separate MR signal data sets are acquired by means of at least two MR receiving coils. A first ... 06/02/05 - 20050119557 - Method and apparatus for magnetic resonance arteriography using contrast agents The present invention is a technique of, and system for, imaging vascular anatomy over distance considerably greater than the maximum practical field of view of a magnetic resonance imaging system while using substantially one contrast agent injection. The technique and system of the present invention acquires image data of a ... 06/02/05 - 20050119556 - Catheter navigation within an mr imaging device A method of magnetically manipulating a medical device within a body part of a human patient in conjunction with MR imaging includes applying a navigating magnetic field with magnets from the MR imaging device, and changing the magnetic moment of the medical device to change the orientation of the medical ... 06/02/05 - 20050119555 - Ultrasonic blood vessel measurement apparatus and method An apparatus and method for determining the apparent intima-media thickness (IMT) of arteries through acquisition and analysis of ultrasound images comprising an array of pixel intensities. A datum, or datums, may be established across multiple columns of pixels bounding the portion of the image containing either the lumen/intima boundary, the ... 06/02/05 - 20050119554 - T1-weighted multiecho magnetic resonance imaging The invention relates to a method for magnetic resonance imaging of at least a portion of a body placed in a stationary and substantially homogeneous main magnetic field. The body is subjected to a sequence of RF and magnetic field gradient pulses during an interval TSE, thereby generating a plurality ... 06/02/05 - 20050119553 - M-tracking for space-time imaging A new method is introduced able to track the motion of a thin object, e.g. a wall, from a series of digital field data (e.g. images) in order to analyze field information corresponding to the moving position of the object. The method is based on the extraction of M-mode images ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |