公开(公告)号：US20250138120A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-01

申请号：US18497813

申请日：2023-10-30

Applicant: GE Precision Healthcare LLC

Inventor： Yanting Huo ,  Maggie M. Fung ,  Fan Yang ,  Kun Wang ,  Anand Kumar Venkatachari ,  Benjamin Gray ,  Franco Rupcich ,  Arindam Dutta Choudhury

IPC: G01R33/54 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/055 ,  G16H30/40

Abstract: Methods and systems are herein provided for determining operating conditions of a magnetic resonance (MR) scanner based on data of one or more implants of a patient and storing the data of the one or more implants are provided. In one examples, a method comprises obtaining data of one or more implants of a patient from one or more sources; determining one or more configurations of each of the one or more implants; displaying, via a graphical user interface (GUI), the data and the one or more configurations; determining a recommendation configuration based on the one or more configurations; determining a selected configuration via user input to the GUI; and determining operating conditions of an MRI scanner based on the selected configuration for an MRI exam.

公开(公告)号：US12055613B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-06

申请号：US17304292

申请日：2021-06-17

Applicant: GE Precision Healthcare LLC

Inventor： Yaan Ge ,  Kun Wang ,  Fan Yang

IPC: G01R33/561 ,  G01R33/48 ,  G01R33/54 ,  G06T7/168

CPC classification number: G01R33/5618 ,  G01R33/4818 ,  G01R33/543 ,  G06T7/168 ,  G06T2207/10088 ,  G06T2207/30052

Abstract: Provided in the present application are a magnetic resonance imaging system, a positioning method of an implant therefor, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The positioning method of the implant for the magnetic resonance imaging system includes: executing a first scanning sequence to obtain original image data and reconstructing an edge image of the implant on the basis of the original image data. The first scanning sequence includes: a radio frequency excitation pulse and a first layer selection gradient pulse corresponding to the radio frequency excitation pulse, the frequency of the radio frequency excitation pulse having a preset offset relative to a center frequency; and a radio frequency refocusing pulse and a second layer selection gradient pulse corresponding to the radio frequency refocusing pulse, the direction of the second layer selection gradient pulse being opposite to the direction of the first layer selection gradient pulse.

公开(公告)号：USD1035671S1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-16

申请号：US29738640

申请日：2020-06-18

Applicant: GE Precision Healthcare LLC

Designer： Yanting Huo ,  Kun Wang ,  Fan Yang ,  Yuechen Liu

Abstract: The FIGURE shows a display panel with a graphical user interface for a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to the claimed design.
The outermost broken line rectangle shows a display panel, and forms no part of the claimed design.

公开(公告)号：US11209506B2

公开(公告)日：2021-12-28

申请号：US16988902

申请日：2020-08-10

Applicant: GE Precision Healthcare LLC

Inventor： Fan Yang ,  Yuechen Liu ,  Kun Wang

IPC: G01R33/28 ,  G01R33/54 ,  G01R33/58 ,  G01R33/48

Abstract: The present application provides a magnetic resonance imaging scan method, a magnetic resonance imaging system, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The magnetic resonance imaging scan method comprises indicating in real time values of parameters associated with an implant device in a tested object and safety status of one or a plurality of the parameters during performing an imaging scan.

公开(公告)号：US20210396828A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-23

申请号：US17304292

申请日：2021-06-17

Applicant: GE Precision Healthcare LLC

Inventor： Yaan Ge ,  Kun Wang ,  Fan Yang

IPC: G01R33/561 ,  G01R33/54 ,  G01R33/48 ,  G06T7/168

Abstract: Provided in the present application are a magnetic resonance imaging system, a positioning method of an implant therefor, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The positioning method of the implant for the magnetic resonance imaging system includes: executing a first scanning sequence to obtain original image data and reconstructing an edge image of the implant on the basis of the original image data. The first scanning sequence includes: a radio frequency excitation pulse and a first layer selection gradient pulse corresponding to the radio frequency excitation pulse, the frequency of the radio frequency excitation pulse having a preset offset relative to a center frequency; and a radio frequency refocusing pulse and a second layer selection gradient pulse corresponding to the radio frequency refocusing pulse, the direction of the second layer selection gradient pulse being opposite to the direction of the first layer selection gradient pulse.

公开(公告)号：US20250098980A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-27

申请号：US18895047

申请日：2024-09-24

Applicant: GE Precision Healthcare LLC

Inventor： Yanting Huo ,  Fan Yang ,  Kun Wang

IPC: A61B5/055 ,  A61B34/10

Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanning system and a method is presented. The method comprises: preconfiguring a plurality of scan configurations, the plurality of scan configurations corresponding to a plurality of scan ranges of a subject to be scanned, and each of the scan configurations comprising an implant-related MRI scan parameter; and executing a scan procedure on the subject to be scanned using at least one of the preconfigured plurality of scan configurations.

公开(公告)号：US20240151788A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-09

申请号：US18501898

申请日：2023-11-03

Applicant: GE Precision Healthcare LLC

Inventor： Fan Yang ,  Qingyu Dai ,  Kun Wang ,  Xiaolan Liu

IPC: G01R33/28 ,  A61B5/00

CPC classification number: G01R33/288 ,  A61B5/704 ,  A61B5/743

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a magnetic resonance system and a magnetic resonance scanning control method, the method comprising: acquiring a three-dimensional body model of a scan subject; receiving a user operating instruction to mark an implant in the three-dimensional body model of the scan subject to generate a simulated scan subject; acquiring current positioning information of the scan subject on a scanning table, and determining, on the basis of the current positioning information, virtual positioning information of the simulated scan subject in a virtual space, the virtual space comprising distribution information of a spatial field gradient of the magnetic resonance system; and on the basis of the virtual positioning information, evaluating a safety risk related to the spatial field gradient.

公开(公告)号：US11876549B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-16

申请号：US17580967

申请日：2022-01-21

Applicant: GE Precision Healthcare LLC

Inventor： Weiman Jiang ,  Fan Yang ,  Kun Wang

IPC: H04B1/3827 ,  G01R33/28

CPC classification number: H04B1/3838 ,  G01R33/288

Abstract: In the present invention, provided are a magnetic resonance imaging system, a method for determining a SAR value of a magnetic resonance imaging system, and a computer-readable storage medium. The system comprises a radio-frequency transmitting coil, configured to receive radio-frequency power from a radio-frequency transmitting link and transmit radio-frequency power required for imaging to a scanned object. The system further comprises a reflection coefficient determining module, a resistance value determining module, and a SAR value determining module. The reflection coefficient determining module is configured to acquire a frequency response of a first input reflection coefficient of the radio-frequency transmitting coil when having no load and a frequency response of a second input reflection coefficient thereof when having the scanned object. The resistance value determining module is configured to determine a resistance value of the radio-frequency transmitting coil on the basis of the frequency response of the first input reflection coefficient, and determine a parallel resistance value of the radio-frequency transmitting coil and the scanned object on the basis of the frequency response of the second input reflection coefficient. The SAR value determining module is configured to calculate a SAR value of the scanned object on the basis of the resistance value of the radio-frequency transmitting coil and the parallel resistance value.

公开(公告)号：US20220278705A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-01

申请号：US17580967

申请日：2022-01-21

Applicant: GE Precision Healthcare LLC

Inventor： Weiman Jiang ,  Fan Yang ,  Kun Wang

IPC: H04B1/3827

Abstract: In the present invention, provided are a magnetic resonance imaging system, a method for determining a SAR value of a magnetic resonance imaging system, and a computer-readable storage medium. The system comprises a radio-frequency transmitting coil, configured to receive radio-frequency power from a radio-frequency transmitting link and transmit radio-frequency power required for imaging to a scanned object. The system further comprises a reflection coefficient determining module, a resistance value determining module, and a SAR value determining module. The reflection coefficient determining module is configured to acquire a frequency response of a first input reflection coefficient of the radio-frequency transmitting coil when having no load and a frequency response of a second input reflection coefficient thereof when having the scanned object. The resistance value determining module is configured to determine a resistance value of the radio-frequency transmitting coil on the basis of the frequency response of the first input reflection coefficient, and determine a parallel resistance value of the radio-frequency transmitting coil and the scanned object on the basis of the frequency response of the second input reflection coefficient. The SAR value determining module is configured to calculate a SAR value of the scanned object on the basis of the resistance value of the radio-frequency transmitting coil and the parallel resistance value.

公开(公告)号：US20220026509A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-27

申请号：US17305912

申请日：2021-07-16

Applicant: GE Precision Healthcare LLC

Inventor： Fan Yang ,  Yanchun Zheng ,  Kun Wang

IPC: G01R33/28 ,  G01R33/54

Abstract: The present invention provides a monitoring method and device for a magnetic resonance imaging system, and a magnetic resonance imaging system. The monitoring method comprises: acquiring a whole body specific absorption rate of a subject under examination; acquiring a ratio between a local region specific absorption rate and the whole body specific absorption rate of the subject under examination on the basis of current parameter information of a local coupling coil in the magnetic resonance imaging system; and calculating the local region specific absorption rate of the subject under examination on the basis of the ratio between the local region specific absorption rate and the whole body specific absorption rate, and the whole body specific absorption rate.