Patents by Inventor Christina Banta

Christina Banta has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and computer readable medium for merging studies
    Patent number: 8015031
    Abstract: A method and a computer readable medium for merging two or more separate unique studies based upon context-specific content, and merging the two or more separate studies, each with a unique identifier, into a composite study containing artifacts of the two or more merged studies, with the composite study having a single unique identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Christina Banta, Sheila Filteau, Brian Collamore, Joseph M. Luszcz
  • Method and computer readable medium for merging studies
    Publication number: 20020188475
    Abstract: A method and a computer readable medium for merging two or more separate unique studies based upon context-specific content, and merging the two or more separate studies, each with a unique identifier, into a composite study containing artifacts of the two or more merged studies, with the composite study having a single unique identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventors: Christina Banta, Sheila Filteau, Brian Collamore, Joseph M. Luszcz
  • Method and apparatus for determining the volume of a body cavity in real time
    Patent number: 5322067
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining the volume of a fluid-filled cavity in a patient's body in real time from an ultrasound image. An ultrasound display of the cavity and the surrounding tissue is obtained. The ultrasound display includes a sequence of ultrasound images. The user traces a fixed region of interest around the image of the cavity at the largest volume for which the volume determination is to be made. The region of interest is subdivided into a predetermined number of segments. Each pixel of the ultrasound image, at least within the region of interest, is classified as a fluid pixel or a tissue pixel. The area of fluid pixels within each segment is determined. The volume of the cavity is calculated from the area of the fluid pixels within each segment of the region of interest using the method of disks. The volume is determined for each ultrasound image in the sequence of ultrasound images to provide the volume of the cavity in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1994
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: David M. Prater, Christina Banta, Albert F. Koch, III