| The Government of the United States of America, represented by The Secretary, DHHS Patent applications |
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| 20090289630 | INDUCTIVE DECOUPLING OF A RF COIL ARRAY - An apparatus for imaging includes: a radio frequency (RF) coil array having a first RF coil and at least one additional RF coil, where the RF coil array is adapted to generate an image signal; a preamplifier having an input impedance, where the preamplifier is adapted to receive the image signal from the first RF coil; and a transformer to couple the first RF coil to the preamplifier, where impedance of the transformer is adapted to match the input impedance of the preamplifier. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090118608 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ESTIMATING THE ELLIPTICAL CONE OF UNCERTAINTY - A magnetic resonance imaging scanner acquires diffusion-weighted imaging data. A reconstruction engine reconstructs the acquired diffusion-weighted imaging data into diffusion-weighted image representations. A diffusion tensor engine constructs a diffusion tensor map of an area of an interest of a subject. An eigenvalue/eigenvector ordering engine obtains and orders eigenvectors and eigenvalues at each voxel. A covariance matrix determining engine constructs a covariance matrix of a major eigenvector of each voxel. A first normalized measure determining engine computes a first normalized measure. A second normalized measure determining engine computes a second normalized measure. A rendering engine generates a human-viewable display of an image representation. | 05-07-2009 |
