Qun C Chen

US Patent:

20070190663, Aug 16, 2007

Filed:

Aug 14, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/504570

Inventors:

Ray Lee - New York NY, US
Georgeann McGunness - New York NY, US
Glyn Johnson - New York NY, US
Qun Chen - New Hyde Park NY, US
Robert Grossman - New York NY, US

International Classification:

G01N 24/00
A61B 5/05

US Classification:

436173000, 600410000

Abstract:

A system and method for performing parallel magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) with a polarizable or hyperpolarizable contrast agent are provided. The contrast agent may be provided in the form of a gas, a liquid, or a solid. The system may include a phased-array rigid coil with, e.g., a 24-channel phased-array for a receiver and a 2-channel large loop for a transmitter. The phased-array rigid coil can be connected to a low impedance preamplifier for decoupling the strong coupling between two adjacent coils in the phased-array rigid coil. The system and method may be used for enhancing the signal-to-noise ratio, and/or reducing the scan acquisition time of acquired images in a parallel MRI scan of a patient who is breathing a hyperpolarized gas.

US Patent:

20110246249, Oct 6, 2011

Filed:

Mar 31, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/751535

Inventors:

Manoj ABRAHAM - Foster City CA, US
Qun CHEN - Jackson Heights NY, US

Assignee:

Oracle International Corporation - Redwood Shores CA

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00

US Classification:

705 711

Abstract:

A new computer-readable medium, computer-implemented method, and system is provided which can allow a user to make changes to the planning data, generate a new plan, generate a new solution based on the generated plan, or perform an alternative scenario analysis on the generated plan. In one embodiment, a new model for representing planning data, identified as a “base-plus-delta” model is provided. In another embodiment, a new web service implementation for a planning engine is provided. In another embodiment, a new technique for copying plans to perform an alternative scenario analysis on the copied plan is provided. In another embodiment, an automatic propagation of user changes from a database directly to an in-memory object is provided. In certain embodiments of the invention, two or more of the described features can be combined to provide an interactive supply chain planning system.

US Patent:

20110246250, Oct 6, 2011

Filed:

Mar 31, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/751509

Inventors:

Manoj ABRAHAM - Foster City CA, US
Qun CHEN - Jackson Heights NY, US

Assignee:

ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION - Redwood Shores CA

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

705 712, 707609, 707E17005, 705 726

Abstract:

A new computer-readable medium, computer-implemented method, and system is provided which can allow a user to make changes to the planning data, generate a new plan, generate a new solution based on the generated plan, or perform an alternative scenario analysis on the generated plan. In one embodiment, a new model for representing planning data, identified as a “base-plus-delta” model is provided. In another embodiment, a new web service implementation for a planning engine is provided. In another embodiment, a new technique for copying plans to perform an alternative scenario analysis on the copied plan is provided. In another embodiment, an automatic propagation of user changes from a database directly to an in-memory object is provided. In certain embodiments of the invention, two or more of the described features can be combined to provide an interactive supply chain planning system.