US 12,422,510 B2
Controlling gradient noise in magnetic resonance imaging
Mark Thomas Johnson, Arendonk (BE); Steffen Weiss, Hamburg (DE); Marieke Van Dooren, Arendonk (BE); Jan Hendrik Wuelbern, Hamburg (DE); Christoph Günther Leussler, Hamburg (DE); and Rajendra Singh Sisodia, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 18/273,060
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Jan. 18, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/050945
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 19, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/157130, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 28, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 21152756 (EP), filed on Jan. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0094319 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. G01R 33/38 (2006.01); G01R 33/385 (2006.01); G01R 33/54 (2006.01)
CPC G01R 33/3854 (2013.01) [G01R 33/543 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of determining a scan sequence for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the method comprising:
receiving an indication of one or more selected imaging parameters for the MRI; and
based on the selected imaging parameters, determining the scan sequence usable by an MRI apparatus to perform the MRI,
wherein determining the scan sequence comprises configuring the scan sequence to modulate gradient noise arising from the MRI apparatus during the MRI to deliver a first audible signal to the patient, wherein the first audible signal is configured to perform auditory stimulation of slow wave activity in the patient to enhance a state of sleep in the patient.