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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8098914 | Registration of CT volumes with fluoroscopic images A method for registering images of multiple modalities includes acquiring first image of a subject using a first modality. A second image of the subject is acquired using a second modality. The first image includes greater structural detail of the subject than the s... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8064674 | Robust classification of fat and water images from 1-point-Dixon reconstructions Dixon methods in magnetic resonance imaging generate MRI images that may contain at least two tissue components such as fat and water. Dixon methods generate images containing both tissue components and predominantly one tissue component. A first segmentation of a f... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064673 | Combined segmentation and registration framework for parametric shapes Progress monitoring of lesions is done automatically by segmentation and registration of lesions in multi-phase medical images. A parametric level-set framework includes a model optimization for any number of lesions. The user specifies lesions in a baseline volume ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060186 | System and method for intraoperative guidance of stent placement during endovascular interventions A method for guiding stent deployment during an endovascular procedure includes providing a virtual stent model of a real stent that specifies a length, diameter, shape, and placement of the real stent. The method further includes projecting the virtual stent model ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055051 | Method and system for selecting the number of gaussian modes for the segmentation of cardiac magnetic resonance (MR) images A method for automatically selecting a number of Gaussian modes for segmentation of a cardiac magnetic resonance (MR) image, including: identifying a left ventricle (LV) in a cardiac MR image slice; quantifying the LV blood pool; obtaining a mask for the LV blood po... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8023734 | 3D general lesion segmentation in CT A general purpose method to segment any kind of lesions in 3D images is provided. Based on a click or a stroke inside the lesion from the user, a distribution of intensity level properties is learned. The random walker segmentation method combines multiple 2D segmen... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8009911 | Interactive image segmentation on directed graphs Methods for segmentation of an object from a background in an image are disclosed. Segmentation is achieved by an adapted Random Walker segmentation method using directed edges in a graph. The segmentation applies the minimization of an approximation of an energy fu... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8007437 | Method and apparatus for interactive 4-dimensional (4D) virtual endoscopy A method of performing 4-dimensional virtual endoscopy includes acquiring a sequence of cardiac images of a patient's heart from an imaging device; acquiring an electrocardiographic signal exhibiting cardiac cycles of the heart; and utilizing the electrocardiographi... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8004539 | Systems and methods for improved graphical parameter definition Systems, methods and computer program code for improved graphical parameter definition may comprise, (i) receiving, by a graphical editing tool, a command associated with a graphical editing operation directed to performing a transformation to a graphical object, wh... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000527 | Interactive image segmentation by precomputation A method for interactive image segmentation includes receiving an image to be segmented, performing an offline computation of eigenvectors of a Laplacian of the image without using seed points, receiving seed points, and performing an online segmentation taking the ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7990379 | System and method for coronary segmentation and visualization A method of coronary vessel segmentation and visualization includes providing a digitized coronary image, placing a plurality of seed points along an estimated centerline of a coronary vessel, selecting a seed point and constructing a cyclic graph around the seed po... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7940992 | Visual discrimination model for single image applications A computer implemented method for applying a visual discrimination model for single image applications includes receiving an image, defining a plurality of regions of interest in the image including a first region located to contain a feature or object to be detecte... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7925087 | Method and system for image segmentation by evolving radial basis functions A method and system for image segmentation by evolving radial basis functions (RBFs) is disclosed. A set of RBFs define a contour on an image. The contour is the zero level set of an implicit function defined by the RBFs. The RBFs are weighted and parameterized by m... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7899230 | System and method for efficient real-time technique for point localization in and out of a tetrahedral mesh A method for determining whether a point is contained in a sub-volume of a digitized medical image, includes providing a tetrahedron volume mesh (TVM) representing a sub-volume of a digital image volume and a point M, finding a vertex P of said TVM that is closest t... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7840091 | Signal source data input for radio frequency planning A method includes displaying a reference polar coordinate system on a display screen, and displaying a radiation pattern image on the display screen in juxtaposition with the displayed reference polar coordinate system. In another aspect, an angled line is drawn on ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7826910 | Systems and methods for control over unreliable networks A method and system may operate to receive a first data from a sensor of a controlled device via a wireless network at a first time, transmit the first data to a controller system, receive a second data from the sensor of the controlled device via the wireless netwo... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7711360 | Radio frequency planning with consideration of inter-building effects A method includes providing a first set of location data using a first coordinate system that corresponds to a first building and a second set of location data using a second coordinate system that corresponds to a second building. A third set of location data is ge... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7648036 | Systems and methods for sway control Systems, methods and computer program code for the measurement and control of sway in load transportation systems are provided which include using Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) devices to measure and control the sway of suspended loads such as loads suspen... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7326058 | Method and system for supporting therapy planning when creating a training program A method and a system are for supporting therapy planning when creating a training program. The method involves a capability profile for a patient and also a first and a second database being provided. The first database contains a plurality of skills and an allocat... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7283653 | Method and system for supporting the evaluation of a picture of an eye In a method and a system for supporting the evaluation of a picture of a patient's eye the picture is displayed on a screen. An image-processing algorithm from a number of image processing algorithms is selected due to a preliminary diagnosis selected from a number ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7260078 | Method and system for providing management protocol mediation in wireless communications networks A system for providing management protocol mediation between wireless networks includes a first wireless network (10) operable to communicate with a mobile station (12) over a wireless interface (48). The system also includes a second wireless n... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7200535 | Quality control in disease management services A quality control system in disease management services for the enlightenment, development and motivation of patients in conjunction with telemonitoring of critical body values and, resulting from this, early recognition of risk situations, wherein random generators... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7186216 | Quality control system in disease management services for checking adherence to therapy Quality control system in Disease Management Services involving education, development and motivation of patients suffering from widespread chronic diseases, such as diabetes, asthma or hypertension, possibly involving telemonitoring of critical body values and resu... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7005604 | Operating method for a laser machining system The invention relates to an operating method and a trolley for a system used for machining objects by using laser beams, particularly for a system used for boring or structuring substrates. The system has a great number of slow-working laser machining machines than ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6985366 | EMC shield and housing for electronic components An EMC shield is provided for electronic components on a printed circuit board, which has a housing which surrounds the electronic components at least on the sides not facing the printed circuit board and shields them against electromagnetic radiation, with the hous... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6907776 | System and method for detection of pressure drop in a tire The present invention comprises a system for the detection of a pressure drop in a tire. Herein an evaluating unit determines the temporal modification of the temperature in the tire and produces an alerting signal if the temporal modification of the temperature fal... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6885758 | Method for creating and/or updating dictionaries for automatically reading addresses The reading results of an agreed number of images of items, achieved by the OCR reader, are temporarily stored subdivided into reading results which are read unambiguously and reading results which are rejected. Then classes of words or word groups belonging togethe... | 04/26/2005 |
| D504370 | Instrument cluster | 04/26/2005 |
| 6823854 | Device for preventing an exhaust gas recirculation valve from sticking after switching off an internal combustion engine The invention relates to an exhaust gas recirculation device for an internal combustion engine, especially for a motor vehicle, comprising an exhaust gas recirculation line for recirculating exhaust gas, the line branching off from the exhaust line and running into ... | 11/30/2004 |
| D497822 | Tachograph | 11/02/2004 |
| 6807459 | System and method for production and distribution of mail pieces for mass mailings A system and method for mass mailing is disclosed which operates from the perspective of the receiver. Herein, data comprising mass mail items is electronically distributed to a receiving center where it is sorted by region, then to a service center assigned to the ... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6612572 | Method and device for correcting gaps in between transmissions Method for correcting gaps between mail items Given that the actual gaps b of a mail stream are smaller than the minimum gaps c which are required for processing, every xth mail item, where x=(a+b)/(c-b), with a=the average mail item length, is ejected. T... | 09/02/2003 |
| 5964573 | Housing for a side channel compressor The invention relates to a housing consisting of two housing halves for a side channel compressor. The strength of such a housing can be appreciably increased in that the front wall (3) of each housing half (1) and (2) has formed on it at least two rings ... | 10/12/1999 |
