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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7283857 | DICOM compliant file communication including quantitative and image data A method of generating medical information including quantitative and image data, comprising steps of performing an image acquisition of at least a portion of a patient to be examined, generating image data based on the performed acquisition, generating quantitative... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280686 | Computer-supported image reconstruction method for a three-dimensional subject A computer is supplied with at least three 2-D projections of a subject that are offset from one another by difference angles. A position in the projection surface and a respective surface data value per projection are allocated to the respective surface elements of... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278060 | System and method for on-board diagnostics of memory modules A memory hub includes an on-board diagnostic engine through which diagnostic testing and evaluation of the memory system can be performed. The memory hub includes a link interface for receiving memory requests for access to memory devices of the memory system and a ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277599 | System and method for three-dimensional video imaging using a single camera One aspect of this disclosure relates to a method for recovering the three-dimensional (3D) point geometry of an object from images acquired with a single camera. The present subject matter uses single-camera images, models generalized camera lines-of-sight outside ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7272682 | Memory hub bypass circuit and method A computer system and a method used to access data from a plurality of memory devices with a memory hub. The computer system includes a plurality of memory modules coupled to a memory hub controller. Each of the memory modules includes the memory hub and the plurali... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269475 | Distributed control system with global contraints for controlling object motion with smart matter Embedded in a transport assembly are arrays of microelectromechanical sensors and actuators for detecting and propelling an object. A controller having defined therein local computational agents and a global controller controls the array of sensors and actuators. Th... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269580 | Application integration system and method using intelligent agents for integrating information access over extended networks Models that encapsulate information on how remote applications are controlled and data is accessed are created to be used by a runtime agent that intelligently reasons out goal-oriented plans and execute tasks to solve problem statements generated by a user interfac... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266633 | System and method for communicating the synchronization status of memory modules during initialization of the memory modules A memory system includes a memory hub controller coupled to a plurality of memory modules each of which includes a memory hub. The memory hub controller and the memory hubs each include at least one receiver that is synchronized to an internal clock signal during in... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263236 | Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding three-dimensional object data Provided are methods and apparatuses for encoding and decoding three-dimensional object data, which consists of point texture data, voxel data, or octree data. The method of encoding three-dimensional object data involves generating three-dimensional object data hav... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259762 | Method and system for automatically transforming CT studies to a common reference frame A method for automatically transforming computed tomography (CT) studies to a common reference frame includes transforming selected CT studies to the common reference frame and generating a statistical atlas via a registration algorithm including a local refinement ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7259729 | Image display method, apparatus and storage medium A plurality of images, in a layout based on a display protocol, is displayed with high efficiency. Display protocol sequences PS1, PS2 and PS3, in which multiple display protocols are lined up in a predetermined order, are remembered in a memory... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260508 | Method and system for high-resolution modeling of a well bore in a hydrocarbon reservoir A method and system are disclosed for high-resolution modeling of a well bore in a reservoir. An embodiment of the present disclosure comprises the steps of constructing a first unstructured mesh having a plurality of n-dimensional simplices corresponding to a first... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260685 | Memory hub and access method having internal prefetch buffers A memory module includes a memory hub coupled to several memory devices. The memory hub includes history logic that predicts on the basis of read memory requests which addresses in the memory devices from which date are likely to be subsequently read. The history lo... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7256791 | Rasterization of three dimensional images Rasterization of three-dimensional images are provided in which three-dimensional image data, which includes at least (x,y,z) coordinate and color information, are generated, organized, and stored at memory locations in one or more frame buffers in accordance with z... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7257683 | Memory arbitration system and method having an arbitration packet protocol A memory hub and method for transmitting a read response on a data path of a memory hub interposed between a transmitting memory hub and a receiving memory hub. An arbitration packet including data indicative of a data path configuration for an associated read respo... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7256780 | Visualization of volume-rendered data with occluding contour multi-planar-reformats An apparatus and method for visualizing volume rendered images relative to a viewing vector are provided, where the apparatus includes a processor, a detection unit in signal communication with the processor for detecting occluding contours of opacified structures i... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254331 | System and method for multiple bit optical data transmission in memory systems The disclosed system and method data increases data transmission speed through a memory system by using optical signals comprising a plurality of wavelengths of light so that each pulse of optical signals can represent more than a single bit of data. An optical tran... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251355 | Three-dimensional labeling apparatus and method When labeling is performed for a three-dimensional image, the present invention aims to reduce time required for labeling in the three-dimensional image by three-dimensionally referring connection relationships among image areas. To achieve this object, the followin... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7251714 | Method and system for capturing and bypassing memory transactions in a hub-based memory system A memory hub includes a reception interface that receives data words and captures the data words in response to a first clock signal in a first time domain. The interface also provides groups of the captured data words on an output in response to a second clock sign... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7250949 | Method and system for visualizing three-dimensional data A technique is provided for visualizing a volume of interest, such as may be acquired by a tomosynthesis imaging system. The technique provides for the use of one or more weighting functions, such as depth-dependent weighting functions, in the determination of pixel... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7249236 | Method and system for controlling memory accesses to memory modules having a memory hub architecture A computer system includes a memory hub controller coupled to a plurality of memory modules. The memory hub controller includes a memory request queue that couples memory requests and corresponding request identifier to the memory modules. Each of the memory modules... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248258 | System and method for analyzing and imaging three-dimensional volume data sets A system and method is provided for analyzing and imaging three-dimensional volume data sets. In one embodiment of the invention, a ribbon section is produced which may include a plurality of planes projected from a polyline. The polyline may include one or more lin... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245300 | Architecture for real-time texture look-up's for volume rendering A slice plane, oriented parallel to a viewing plane, is passed through a cuboidal dataset at regular intervals. The intersection of the slice plane with the cuboidal volume dataset results in primitives (quads, triangles, etc. depending on the angle and position of ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245145 | Memory module and method having improved signal routing topology A registered memory module includes several memory devices coupled to a register through a plurality of transmission lines forming a symmetrical tree topology. The tree includes several branches each of which includes two transmission lines coupled only at its ends ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7242402 | Method of visualization of a part of a three-dimensional image The invention concerns a method of visualization of a part of a three-dimensional image. The part is defined by a finite predetermined volume, a sphere, for example, the center of which is located on an element of interest present in the three-dimensional image. In ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7242213 | Memory module and method having improved signal routing topology A registered memory module includes several memory devices coupled to a register through a plurality of transmission lines forming a symmetrical tree topology. The tree includes several branches each of which includes two transmission lines coupled only at its ends ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239730 | Method and apparatus for volume scoring calcification concentrations of a CT scan A method for volume scoring a concentration of calcification within a region of interest includes receiving a value for a first calcium lesion volume based on the concentration of calcification within the region of interest, determining an intensity value of the con... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7240112 | Service quality monitoring process A method and system are provided for monitoring service quality of at least one network connection point of a remote network connection service. The method includes establishing a network connection between a client device and the remote network connection service v... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239311 | Global visualization process (GVP) and system for implementing a GVP A system and process that incorporates hardware and software as elements to be combined with procedures and processes to obtain, format, store, combine, control, display, record, and visualize dynamic scenarios by interacting with accurate, realistic models and actu... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236558 | Three-dimensional image display device creating three-dimensional image directly from projection data An imaging device accesses projection data collected by a medical imaging system during a scan of a body. The imaging device uses the projection data directly to render an image of a region of interest of the body. ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233332 | Method and apparatus for rendering shadows A method and apparatus for rendering shadows. A pre-rendering process implements a two dimensional array or map of depth-based functions, such as a visibility function in z. During rendering of an object scene, these functions are accessed via lookup operations to e... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7234070 | System and method for using a learning sequence to establish communications on a high-speed nonsynchronous interface in the absence of clock forwarding A memory system includes a memory hub controller that sends write data to a plurality of memory modules through a downstream data bus and receives read data from the memory modules through an upstream data bus. The memory hub controller includes a receiver coupled t... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7234108 | Ink thickness rendering for electronic annotations A system and method for rendering ink annotations for a displayed image is disclosed. The invention adjusts the thickness of rendered lines for ink annotations when rendered. Ink annotations are created by capturing and connecting a set of data points input by a use... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7233329 | Rendering for coronary visualization A system and corresponding method for organ rendering are provided, where the system includes a processor, an imaging adapter in signal communication with the processor for receiving organ scan data indicative of an organ, a segmentation unit in signal communication... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7233330 | Organ wall analysis with ray-casting A system and corresponding method for organ wall analysis are provided, the system including a processor, an imaging adapter in signal communication with the processor for receiving organ scan data indicative of an organ, a distance mapping unit in signal communicat... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7230616 | Bi-level iso-surface compression Methods, structures and systems for encoding and decoding isosurface data. An encoder process takes volume data and an isolevel as input and produces compressed isosurface data as output. The compressed isosurface data produced by an encoder process is composed of a... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7230617 | Voxel center smoothing A method of generating a pre-mesh includes locating a reference voxel, which is inside a surface of an object and is adjacent to a voxel outside the surface of the object. The method also includes determining a set of contributing voxels by finding adjacent voxels o... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7230620 | Rendering deformable and animated surface reflectance fields A method renders a model of an object by first acquiring, in an acquisition space, a reflectance field of the object. The reflectance field includes a set of reflectance images of the object and a point model of the object. The model is deformed in an object space t... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7224357 | Three-dimensional modeling based on photographic images A system of determining three-dimensional information from the information that is contained into discrete two-dimensional images. The two images may be obtained from two uncalibrated cameras. The information from the two uncalibrated cameras is first rectified, and... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7221947 | Location related keyword monitoring on a mobile communications device systems and methods Embodiments of the invention comprise systems and methods related to the provision of location based services via a mobile communications device. In different embodiments, a communication system is described, comprising a mobile communications device, a mobile commu... | 05/22/2007 |
