US Patent Issued to Siemens Healthineers, Duke University on Nov. 18 for "Selection of k-space data segments based on associated navigator images" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,427, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Siemens Healthineers AG (Forchheim, Germany) and Duke University (Durham, N.C.).

"Selection of k-space data segments based on associated navigator images" was invented by Wolfgang Rehwald (Chapel Hill, N.C.) and Raymond J. Kim (Chapel Hill, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method comprises acquisition of a plurality of navigator k-space data segments and a k-space data segment associated with each of the plurality of navigator k-space data segments, generation of a respective navigator image from each of the plurality of navigator k-space data segments, determination, based on t...