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EP About this file: EP2133714

EP2133714 - Method and apparatus for parallel data acquisition from an MRI coil array [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application is deemed to be withdrawn
Status updated on  27.03.2015
Database last updated on 19.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip27.03.2015Application deemed to be withdrawnpublished on 29.04.2015  [2015/18]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Kyriakos, Walid E.
7 Euston Street, Apt. 4
Brookline, MA 02446 / US
For all designated states
Kacher, Daniel F.
58 Ridgemont Street, Apt. 2
Allston, MA 02134 / US
[2009/51]
Inventor(s)01 / see applicant
...
 [2009/51]
Representative(s)Tomlinson, Edward James
Frohwitter
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte
Possartstrasse 20
81679 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2009/51]Tomlinson, Edward James
Frohwitter Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Possartstrasse 20
81679 München / DE
Application number, filing date09166628.923.05.2000
[2009/51]
Priority number, dateUS1999013564524.05.1999         Original published format: US 135645
[2009/51]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2133714
Date:16.12.2009
Language:EN
[2009/51]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP13.11.2009
ClassificationIPC:G01V3/00, G01R33/561
[2009/51]
CPC:
G01R33/3415 (EP); G01R33/5611 (EP)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   CY,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [2009/51]
TitleGerman:Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur parallelen Datenerfassung mittels eines MRI-Spulenarrays[2009/51]
English:Method and apparatus for parallel data acquisition from an MRI coil array[2009/51]
French:Procede et appareil d'acquisition de donnees en parallele a partir d'un reseau de bobines pour IRM[2009/51]
Examination procedure16.06.2010Examination requested  [2010/30]
13.07.2010Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
13.01.2011Reply to a communication from the examining division
26.04.2013Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
29.10.2013Reply to a communication from the examining division
16.05.2014Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
27.09.2014Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect  [2015/18]
19.12.2014Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time  [2015/18]
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP00937692.2  / EP1188072
Divisional application(s)EP12176309.8   Application deemed to be withdrawn  : 13.07.2012
The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued (EP20000937692) is  17.01.2006
Fees paidRenewal fee
28.07.2009Renewal fee patent year 03
28.07.2009Renewal fee patent year 04
28.07.2009Renewal fee patent year 05
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28.07.2009Renewal fee patent year 10
25.05.2010Renewal fee patent year 11
25.05.2011Renewal fee patent year 12
21.11.2012Renewal fee patent year 13
28.05.2013Renewal fee patent year 14
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31.05.201213   M06   Fee paid on   21.11.2012
31.05.201415   M06   Not yet paid
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Documents cited:Search[YA]  - PRUESSMANN K P ET AL, "COIL SENSITIVITY ENCODING FOR FAST MRI", PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE. 6TH SCIENTIFIC MEETING AND EXHIBITION. ISMRM '98. SYDNEY, APRIL 18 - 24, 1998, PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE. SCIENTIFIC MEETING, (1998), VOL. 1, ISSN 1065-9889, page 579, XP001010818 [Y] 7 * the whole document * [A] 1-6,8-9
 [YA]  - JAKOB P M ET AL, "AUTO-SMASH: A SELF-CALIBRATING TECHNIQUE FOR SMASH IMAGING", MAGNETIC RESONANCE MATERIALS IN PHYSICS, BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, CHAPMAN AND HALL, LONDON, GB, (199811), vol. 7, no. 1, ISSN 1352-8661, pages 42 - 54, XP001012838 [Y] 7 * page 43, column L, paragraph 3 - paragraph 6 * [A] 1-6,8-9

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1352-8661(98)00015-5
 [YA]  - MURAKAMI J W ET AL, "INTENSITY CORRECTION OF PHASED-ARRAY SURFACE COIL IMAGES", MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE, ACADEMIC PRESS, DULUTH, MN, US, (19960401), vol. 35, no. 4, ISSN 0740-3194, pages 585 - 590, XP000587727 [Y] 7 * chapter "THEORETICAL METHODS" * [A] 1-6,8-9
 [A]  - PRUESSMANN, K.P. ET AL, "Coil Sensitivity Maps for Sensitivity Encoding and Intensity Correction", INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE, SIXTH SCIENTIFIC MEETING AND EXHIBITION, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, (19980418), page 2087, XP002270936 [A] 1-9 * the whole document *
 [T]  - KYRIAKOS W E ET AL, "SENSITIVITY PROFILES FROM AN ARRAY OF COILS FOR ENCODING AND RECONSTRUCTION IN PARALLEL (SPACE RIP)", MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE, ACADEMIC PRESS, DULUTH, MN, US, (200008), vol. 44, no. 2, ISSN 0740-3194, pages 301 - 308, XP000947389 [T] 1-9 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1522-2594(200008)44:2<301::AID-MRM18>3.0.CO;2-D
by applicantUS5365172
 US4468622
 US4486711
    - KWIAT ET AL., "A Decoupled Coil Detector Array for Fast Image Acquisition in Magnetic Resonance Imaging", MEDICAL PHYSICS, (1991), vol. 18, page 251
    - RA ET AL., "Fast Imaging Using Sub-encoding Data Sets From Multiple Detectors", MAGN. RESON. MED., (1993), vol. 30, page 142
    - SODICKSON ET AL., "Simultaneous Acquisition Of Spatial Harmonics (SMASH): Fast Imaging With Radio Frequency Coil Arrays", MAGN. RESON. MED., (1997), vol. 38, pages 591 - 603
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