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EP1634093 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAPPING AND CORRECTING GEOMETRIC DISTORTION IN MRI [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been withdrawn Status updated on 07.12.2012 Database last updated on 24.04.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	07.12.2012	Withdrawal of application	published on 09.01.2013 [2013/02]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND St Lucia, QLD 4072 / AU
	[2006/11]
Inventor(s)	01 / WANG, Deming, The University of Queensland Centre for Magnetic Resonance St Lucia, QLD 4072 / AU
	02 / DODDRELL, David, Michael 6 Lucerne Street Westlake, QLD 4074 / AU
	[2006/11]
Representative(s)	Findlay, Alice Rosemary, et al Reddie & Grose LLP The White Chapel Building 10 Whitechapel High Street London E1 8QS / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2008/34]	Findlay, Alice Rosemary, et al Reddie & Grose 16 Theobalds Road London WC1X 8PL / GB
Former [2008/02]	Findlay, Alice Rosemary, et al Reddie & Grose 16 Theobalds Road London WC1X 8PL / GB
Former [2006/11]	Findlay, Alice Rosemary Lloyd Wise Commonwealth House 1-19 New Oxford Street GB-London WC1A 1LW / GB
Application number, filing date	03722084.5	29.05.2003
	[2006/11]
	WO2003AU00662
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2004106962
	Date:	09.12.2004
	Language:	EN
	[2004/50]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1634093
	Date:	15.03.2006
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 09.12.2004 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2006/11]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	AU	09.12.2004
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	20.11.2006
Classification	IPC:	G01R33/58, // G01R33/565	[2006/50]
	CPC:	G01R33/56572 (EP,US); G01R33/56563 (EP,US); G01R33/58 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2006/11]	G01R33/565
Designated contracting states	DE, GB, NL [2006/36]
Former [2006/11]	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
Extension states	AL	Not yet paid
	LT	Not yet paid
	LV	Not yet paid
	MK	Not yet paid
Title	German:	VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM ABBILDEN UND KORRIGIEREN GEOMETRISCHER VERZERRUNGEN BEI DER MRI	[2006/11]
	English:	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAPPING AND CORRECTING GEOMETRIC DISTORTION IN MRI	[2006/11]
	French:	PROCEDE ET APPAREIL POUR FAIRE CORRESPONDRE ET CORRIGER LA DISTORSION GEOMETRIQUE DANS UN IRM	[2006/11]
Entry into regional phase	16.12.2005	National basic fee paid
	16.12.2005	Search fee paid
	16.12.2005	Designation fee(s) paid
	16.12.2005	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	16.12.2005	Examination requested [2006/11]
	16.04.2007	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	19.10.2009	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	22.04.2010	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	25.08.2011	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	02.03.2012	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	29.11.2012	Application withdrawn by applicant [2013/02]
	29.11.2012	Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 01.02.2013
	01.02.2013	Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
Divisional application(s)	The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 19.10.2009
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	16.12.2005	Renewal fee patent year 03
	10.05.2006	Renewal fee patent year 04
	14.05.2007	Renewal fee patent year 05
	28.05.2008	Renewal fee patent year 06
	21.04.2009	Renewal fee patent year 07
	12.05.2010	Renewal fee patent year 08
	31.05.2011	Renewal fee patent year 09
	31.05.2012	Renewal fee patent year 10
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Documents cited:	Search	[XY]US4644276 (SIEROCUK THOMAS J [US], et al) [X] 1-5,9-11,14,15 * column 3, line 8 - column 5, line 14 * [Y] 12,13;
		[A]EP0278549 (PHILIPS CORP [US]) [A] 1-15 * figure 2; claim 1 *;
		[X]US4888555 (VAUGHAN JOHN T [US], et al) [X] 1-5,9-11,14,15 * column 4, line 15 - line 30; claim 1 *;
		[X]JPH02152441 (HITACHI MEDICAL CORP) [X] 1-5,9-11,14,15 * abstract *;
		[A]US5005578 (GREER DOUGLAS S [US], et al) [A] 1-15* column 10, line 55 - column 11, line 9 *;
		[X] - FINNIGAN, "Phantom System to quantify and map gradient induced distortions in MR images of the Pelvis", PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE,, Denver, Co, USA, (20000401), page 1688, XP002405582 [X] 1-5,9-11,14,15 * the whole document *
		[YD] - BREEUWER M ET AL, "Detection and correction of geometric distortion in 3D MR images", PROCEEDINGS OF THE SPIE, SPIE, BELLINGHAM, VA, US, (2001), vol. 4322, ISSN 0277-786X, pages 1110 - 1120, XP002376927 [YD] 12,13 * chapter 2 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.430986
		[X] - PRICE R R ET AL, "QUALITY ASSURANCE METHODS AND PHANTOMS FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING: REPORT OF AAPM NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE TASK GROUP NO.1A", MEDICAL PHYSICS, AIP, MELVILLE, NY, US, (19900301), vol. 17, no. 2, ISSN 0094-2405, pages 287 - 295, XP000114577 [X] 1-4 * section C.1.;; figure 2 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.596566
		[T] - WANG D ET AL, "A novel phantom and method for comprehensive 3-dimensional measurement and correction of geometric distortion in magnetic resonance imaging", MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING 2004 UNITED STATES, (2004), vol. 22, no. 4, ISSN 0730-725X, pages 529 - 542, XP002405583 [T] 1-15 * the whole document * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mri.2004.01.008
	International search	[A]US6445182 (DEAN DAVID [US], et al);
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		[A]US5545995 (SCHNEIDER ERIKA [US], et al)
	by applicant	US4644276

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