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Inventor

Thomas Kwok-Fah Foo

Inventor
Clifton Park, NY, US

Overview

80→
Patents
1988–2021
Patent span
Physics
Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 80 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G01Rprimary
G01RMeasuring electric variables50%
A61BDiagnosis27%
G06TImage data processing or generation, in general5%
A61NElectrotherapy3%
G06NComputing arrangements based on specific computational models2%
G16HHealthcare informatics, i.e. information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical or healthcare data2%
H01FMagnets2%
G06KGraphical data reading1%
G06VImage or video recognition or understanding1%
H04BTransmission1%
PatentTitleYear
10,957,010Deformable registration for multimodal images202110,942,232RF coil array and MRI transmit array202110,921,395Image-guided biopsy techniques202110,878,561Automated scanning workflow202010,877,118System and method for manufacturing magnetic resonance imaging gradient coil assemblies202010,842,445System and method for unsupervised deep learning for deformable image registration202010,834,693Synchronization system and method based on wireless or limited cable interconnection and MR system202010,806,947Methods and systems to determine respiratory phase and motion state during guided radiation therapy202010,803,585System and method for assessing image quality202010,684,336Radiofrequency coil and shield in magnetic resonance imaging method and apparatus202010,551,458Method and systems for iteratively reconstructing multi-shot, multi-acquisition MRI data202010,438,355System and method for estimating arterial pulse wave velocity201910,405,773Tissue delineation and characterization in magnetic resonance imaging201910,222,436Gradient coil and manufacturing method20199,931,082Time optimal phase sensitive inversion recovery reconstruction for magnetic resonance imaging20189,869,734'System and method for manufacturing magnetic resonance imaging gradient coil assemblies'20189,846,206Systems and methods for magnetic material imaging20179,554,707'Concurrent acquisition of PET fields during acquisition of a MRI field of view'20179,453,894'Sheet of surface coils for imaging applications'20169,254,111'PET acquisition scheduling based on MR scout images'20169,250,305'Adaptable sheet of coils'20169,211,083'Systems and methods for magnetic material imaging'20159,146,289'Targeted thermal treatment of human tissue through respiratory cycles using ARMA modeling'20159,116,214'RF coil array having two or more switches built within each RF coil array element, compatible with both magnetic resonance and a temperature mapping'20159,014,781'Systems and methods for magnetic resonance angiography'20158,942,445'Method and system for correction of lung density variation in positron emission tomography using magnetic resonance imaging'20158,942,931'System and method for determining electrical properties using magnetic resonance imaging'20158,885,904'Systems and methods for landmark correction in magnetic resonance imaging'20148,855,742'Methods and systems for tracking an interventional device'20148,823,378'System and method for inductively communicating data'20148,704,520'Radio frequency coil and apparatus'20148,700,125'Method and apparatus for automated tracking of vessel movement using MR imaging'20148,594,400'System and method for MR image scan and analysis'20138,588,889'Method and apparatus for breath-held MR data acquisition using interleaved acquisition'20138,380,284'Method and apparatus for automated tracking of vessel movement using MR imaging'20138,326,010'System and method for nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) temperature monitoring'20128,311,641'Method and apparatus for generating a localized heating'20127,797,031'Method and apparatus for breath-held MR data acquisition using interleaved acquisition'20107,738,944'Whole body MRI scanning with moving table and interactive control'20107,714,575'Method and apparatus for enhanced magnetic preparation in MR imaging'20107,689,263'Method and apparatus for acquiring free-breathing MR images using navigator echo with saturation RF pulse'20107,546,155'Efficient multi-slice acquisition with black blood contrast in fast spin echo imaging'20097,323,871'Method and system of MR imaging with simultaneous fat suppression and T1 inversion recovery contrast'20087,283,862'Rapid multi-slice MR perfusion imaging with large dynamic range'20077,280,862'System and method for automatically obtaining a digital image of a heart'20077,209,777'Method and apparatus for automated tracking of non-linear vessel movement using MR imaging'20076,963,768'Whole body MRI scanning with moving table and interactive control'20056,903,548'Method and apparatus for MR perfusion image acquisition using non-selective and notched RF saturation pulses'20056,889,071'Acquisition of high-temporal free-breathing MR images'20056,741,880'Method and apparatus for efficient stenosis identification and assessment using MR imaging'20046,618,605'Method and apparatus for MR perfusion image acquisition using a notched RF saturation pulse'20036,408,201'Method and apparatus for efficient stenosis identification in peripheral arterial vasculature using MR imaging'20026,377,831'Real-time MR image subtraction and reconstruction'20026,351,122'MRI reconstruction using scan-specific partial echo and partial NEX data acquisitions and a network'20026,317,620'Method and apparatus for rapid assessment of stenosis severity'20016,275,720'Iterative method for reducing errors in navigator echo MR imaging'20016,265,875'Method and apparatus for efficient MRI tissue differentiation'20016,249,694'Method for peripheral MR angiography'20016,246,897'Method and system for acquistion of preferential arterial and venous images for MR angiography'20016,208,139'System and method of phase sensitive MRI reconstruction using partial k-space data'20016,192,264'Method and system for MRI venography including arterial and venous discrimination'20016,166,545'MRI reconstruction using partial echo and partial NEX data acquisitions'20006,167,293'Method for performing magnetic resonance angiography using a contrast agent'20006,135,954'Method for peripheral MR angiography'20006,078,175'Acquistion of segmented cardiac gated MRI perfusion images'20006,067,465'System and method for detecting and tracking reference position changes with linear phase shift in magnetic resonance imaging'20006,057,680'Method for adjusting MR scan plane over cardiac cycle to track motion of coronary artery'20005,997,883'Retrospective ordering of segmented MRI cardiac data using cardiac phase'19995,604,435'Spiral scanning method for monitoring physiological changes'19975,545,992'Fast cardiac gated NMR acquisition with improved T.sub.1 contrast'19965,435,303'MRA image produced by temporal flow data sharing'19955,429,134'Multi-phase fat suppressed MRI cardiac imaging'19955,377,680'MRI cardiac image produced by temporal data sharing'19955,347,216'Fast NMR image acquisition with spectrally selective inversion pulse'19945,291,891'Monitoring body functions using fast NMR pulse sequences'19945,256,967'Fast NMR image acquisition with spectrally selective inversion pulses'19935,251,628'Variable ECG delay in fast pulse sequence scans'19935,053,711'NMR radio frequency coil with improved axial field homogeneity'19915,017,872'NMR radio frequency coil with dielectric loading for improved field homogeneity'19914,783,641'NMR radio frequecny field coil with distributed current'1988

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1988–2021Patents assigned to GEN ELECTRIC (75)· patent assignee history
1993–2000Based in Waukesha, WI, US· patent location history
1999–2009Based in Rockville, MD, US· patent location history
2001–2010Patents assigned to UNIFORMED SERV UNIV HEALTH (7)· patent assignee history
2005–2013Based in Potomac, MD, US· patent location history
2010–2021Based in Clifton Park, NY, US· patent location history
2012–2017Patents assigned to FOO THOMAS KWOK-FAH (15)· patent assignee history
2013–2017Patents assigned to HARDY CHRISTOPHER JUDSON (6)· patent assignee history
2014–2016Patents assigned to BULUMULLA SELAKA BANDARA (4)· patent assignee history
2015–2021Based in Niskayuna, NY, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees
AssigneePatentsSpan
GEN ELECTRIC751988–2021
FOO THOMAS KWOK-FAHself152012–2017
UNIFORMED SERV UNIV HEALTH72001–2010
HARDY CHRISTOPHER JUDSON62013–2017
BULUMULLA SELAKA BANDARA42014–2016
Locations
LocationPatentsSpan
Clifton Park, New York, US312010–2021
Rockville, Maryland, US211999–2009
Waukesha, WI, US101993–2000
Potomac, Maryland, US92005–2013
Niskayuna, New York, US62015–2021