Patents
Sixty patent publications name me as an inventor — 43 granted and 17 published applications, across 56 distinct inventions, filed with Siemens between 2008 and 2019. Patient-specific cardiac and valve... Read More
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Granted European patent EP3654251B1 — DETERMINATION OF THE PROCESSING OF A SEQUENCE FOR PROCESSING AN IMAGE. No English-language abstract is published in the Google Patents record, so the title is the... Read More
A method is for adapting method steps for finding a result in a CT-based decision support method to the evaluation of LDCT image datasets. In an embodiment of the method, a plurality of reference imag... Read More
Granted European patent EP3657391B1 — Processing a medical image. No English-language abstract is published in the Google Patents record, so the title is the fullest description available.... Read More
Granted European patent EP3467770B1 — Method for analysing a medical imaging data set, system for analysing a medical imaging data set, computer program product and a computer-readable medium. No Engl... Read More
A method for setting a medical imaging protocol includes providing an information data set assigned to a patient. The information data set includes an information about a provisional diagnostic findin... Read More
A method is for the automated evaluation of at least one image data record of a patient recorded with a medical image recording device for the preparation of diagnostic findings. In the method, at lea... Read More
A method is for evaluating medical examination results of a patient. The method includes providing a medical ontology including multiple medical concepts occurring in image data sets and examination r... Read More
A computer-based diagnostic system includes an image generation unit adapted to generate tomographic images of a patient's organ; a deep machine learning unit configured to process generated tomograph... Read More
In personalized object creation, for implants, medical imaging is used to derive a model personalized to a patient. The model may be of a dynamic structure, such as part of the cardiovascular system, ... Read More
A method and system for virtual percutaneous valve implantation is disclosed. A patient-specific anatomical model of a heart valve is estimated based on 3D cardiac medical image data and an implant mo... Read More
Method for evaluating images of different patients acquired with multiple medical imaging devices (3), comprising the steps of- after acquisition of each image, determining at least one additional inf... Read More
The invention relates to a method of processing image data for training an image processing system, the method comprising:receiving image data representing an image;processing the image data to determ... Read More
Systems and method are described for determining a malignancy of a nodule. A medical image of a nodule of a patient is received. A patch surrounding the nodule is identified in the medical image. A ma... Read More
A method includes provisioning a set of training data sets, each of the training data sets respectively including an acquisition data set; generating a first medical image for each of the training dat... Read More
A medical imaging system includes a medical imaging device for generating image data. The medical imaging device includes a first programming interface for transferring the image data and a second pro... Read More
Granted European patent EP3152736B1 — Landmark detection with spatial and temporal constraints in medical imaging. No English-language abstract is published in the Google Patents record, so the title ... Read More
A computer-based diagnostic system includes an image generation unit adapted to generate tomographic images of a patient's organ; a deep machine learning unit configured to process generated tomograph... Read More
A method for controlling an evaluation system for medical images of a patient is proposed. Medical images of the patient acquired at different time points are stored in an image database. Upon recepti... Read More
At least one first 3D image dataset of an examination region of interest of a patient and a second 3D image dataset of the examination region of interest are received via at least one first interface.... Read More
A method for qualifying patients for medical treatment (BV) or examination (UV) is described. The procedure senses biological data (MD) of members of a collective of potential patients. Furthermore, t... Read More
A health promotion system (1) is described. The health promotion system has an evaluation device (3a) which is set up to extract characteristics relating to medical indications from medical image data... Read More
A method is for automatically generating estimation data for potential injury states of at least one person following an incident involving physical force or violence. In an embodiment, the method inc... Read More
Systems and methods for optimizing the decision to perform additional clinical testing are provided. A model of cutoff values, associated with the initial clinical test and representing a tradeoff bet... Read More
A method for monitoring the health status of a collective is described. In the method, medical image data sets (BD nk) of a plurality of members of the collective are acquired. Members (P n) of the co... Read More
A method and system for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) planning is disclosed. An anatomical surface model of the aortic valve is estimated from medical image data of a patient. Calcifi... Read More
A method and system for fusion of multi-modal volumetric images is disclosed. A first image acquired using a first imaging modality is received. A second image acquired using a second imaging modality... Read More
The invention relates to a method for determining an acquisition data processing algorithm, wherein by means of the acquisition data processing algorithm, an examination result can be determined based... Read More
A method and system for automatic aortic valve calcification evaluation is disclosed. A patient-specific aortic valve model in a 3D medical image volume, such as a 3D computed tomography (CT) volume. ... Read More
A method and system for registering ultrasound images and physiological models to x-ray fluoroscopy images is disclosed. A fluoroscopic image and an ultrasound image, such as a Transesophageal Echocar... Read More
A method for real-time fusion of a 2D cardiac ultrasound image with a 2D cardiac fluoroscopic image includes acquiring real time synchronized US and fluoroscopic images, detecting a surface contour of... Read More
A mechanical property of anatomy is estimated from a patient in vivo, such as estimating a patient-specific material property of a valve. A morphological model is used to determine anatomy dynamics. A... Read More
A method and system for physiological image registration and fusion is disclosed. A physiological model of a target anatomical structure in estimated each of a first image and a second image. The phys... Read More
Computed tomography is used during a minimally invasive intervention. A processor detects the inserted device (e.g., catheter) from a CT scan of the patient. The bed and/or gantry of the CT are moved ... Read More
A method and system for generating a patient specific anatomical heart model is disclosed. Volumetric image data, such as computed tomography (CT) or echocardiography image data, of a patient's cardia... Read More
A method and system for model-based fusion of multi-modal volumetric images is disclosed. A first patient-specific model of an anchor anatomical structure is detected in a first medical image acquired... Read More
Methods, systems, and apparatus for obtaining a sequence of x-ray images are disclosed. An object of interest in a first x-ray image is detected and an area of interest, based on a predicted motion of... Read More
A method for real-time fusion of a 2D cardiac ultrasound image with a 2D cardiac fluoroscopic image includes acquiring real time synchronized US and fluoroscopic images, detecting a surface contour of... Read More
Physically-constrained modeling of a heart is provided. Patient-specific data may be used to estimate heart anatomy locations. A model is applied to the data for estimation. For increased accuracy of ... Read More
A method and system for determining an angulation of a C-arm image acquisition system for a cardiac intervention is disclosed. A 3D ultrasound image including a cardiac region is received. The 3D ultr... Read More
A system and method for regression-based segmentation of the mitral valve in 2D+t cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) slices is disclosed. The 2D+t CMR slices are acquired according to a mitral valve-spe... Read More
Different intracardiac echocardiography volumes are stitched together. Different volumes of a patient are scanned with ICE. To stitch the volumes together, creating a larger volume, the volumes are sp... Read More
A method and system for model-based fusion of pre-operative image data and intra-operative fluoroscopic images is disclosed. A fluoroscopic image and an ultrasound image are received. The ultrasound i... Read More
A method and system for non-invasive hemodynamic assessment of aortic coarctation from medical image data, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data is disclosed. Patient-specific lumen anatomy of... Read More
A method and system for determining an angulation of a C-arm image acquisition system for a cardiac intervention is disclosed. A 3D ultrasound image including a cardiac region is received. The 3D ultr... Read More
A mitral valve is detected in transthoracic echocardiography. The ultrasound transducer is positioned against the chest of the patient rather than being inserted within the patient. While data acquire... Read More
A method and system for assessment of virtual stent implantation in an aortic aneurysm is disclosed. A patient-specific 4D anatomical model of the aorta is generated from the 4D medical imaging data. ... Read More
A method and system for automated intervention planning for transcatheter aortic valve implantations using computed tomography (CT) data is disclosed. A patient-specific aortic valve model is detected... Read More
Valve treatment simulation is performed from patient specific imaging data for therapy planning. A model of the valve may be generated from the patient specific data automatically or with very minimal... Read More
A method and system for providing medical decision support based on virtual organ models and learning based discriminative distance functions is disclosed. A patient-specific virtual organ model is ge... Read More
Heart valve operation is assessed with patient-specific medical diagnostic imaging data. To deal with the complex motion of the passive valve tissue, a hierarchal model is used. Rigid global motion of... Read More
A method and system for patient-specific modeling of the whole heart anatomy, dynamics, hemodynamics, and fluid structure interaction from 4D medical image data is disclosed. The anatomy and dynamics ... Read More
A method and system for model based fusion pre-operative image data, such as computed tomography (CT), and intra-operative C-arm CT is disclosed. A first pericardium model is segmented in the pre-oper... Read More
A method and system for modeling the pulmonary trunk in 4D image data, such as 4D CT data, and model-based percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation (PPVI) intervention is disclosed. A patient-specifi... Read More
A method and system for intraoperative guidance in an off-pump mitral valve repair procedure is disclosed. A plurality of patient-specific models of the mitral valve are generated, each from pre-opera... Read More
A method and system for generating a patient specific anatomical heart model is disclosed. Volumetric image data, such as computed tomography (CT), echocardiography, or magnetic resonance (MR) image d... Read More
A method and system for generating a patient specific anatomical heart model is disclosed. A sequence of volumetric image data, such as computed tomography (CT), echocardiography, or magnetic resonanc... Read More
A method and system for modeling the pulmonary trunk in 4D image data, such as 4D CT and MRI data, is disclosed. Bounding boxes are detected in frames of the 4D image data. Anatomic landmarks are dete... Read More
Japanese publication JP2012024582A — Method and system for comprehensive patient-specific modeling of the heart. No English-language abstract is published in the Google Patents record, so the title is... Read More
A method and system for modeling the aortic valve in 4D image data, such as 4D CT and echocardiography, is disclosed. An initial estimate of a physiological aortic valve model is determined for at lea... Read More
System and method for collecting data from industrial plants (power plant, production plant, factory, power generation and energy distribution plants, etc.) for plant optimization, based on one or mor... Read More