Patents by Inventor Fanny Patoureaux
Fanny Patoureaux 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).
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Patent number: 11819355Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for mammogram imaging. In one example, a method for an x-ray mammography system includes determining, based on a pre-exposure image of a subject acquired with the x-ray mammography system before acquisition of one or more main images, that the subject has an implant; automatically adjusting one or more imaging parameters in response to determining that the subject has the implant; and acquiring the one or more main images with the adjusted one or more imaging parameters.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLCInventors: Jorge Corsino Espino, Olivier Ernoult, Vincent Jonas Bismuth, Fanny Patoureaux, Karima Santi, Maria Belen Aguirre Larrieu
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Patent number: 11622741Abstract: An X-ray source transmits X-rays through a subject and a detector receives the X-ray energy after having passed through the subject. A processing system generates a pre-shot image of the subject using low energy X-ray intensity from the X-ray source and determines a plurality of acquisition parameters for a main scan of the subject based on the pre-shot image. A saturation time of the detector for the corresponding acquisition parameters is determined based on detector calibration data and to determine a number of time frames required to reach the targeted dose based on the saturation time. An X-ray dosage level of the subject is then applied using the X-ray source based on the number of time frames and to generate the image of the subject based on the detected X-ray energy at the X-ray detector for the applied X-ray dosage level.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLCInventors: Xavier Mancardi, Remy Klausz, Fanny Patoureaux
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Publication number: 20230031814Abstract: Various systems are provided for non-uniform thickness and/or sampling of slabs of the breast to present DBT acquisitions. A method for generating a patient image as a set of slabs representing an imaged object, the method comprising acquiring a tomosynthesis projection, reconstructing a series of slab images, each slab representing a portion of a breast, and a plurality of slabs of non-uniform thickness and/or non-uniform sampling in a 3D reconstructed domain defined by x-, y-, and z-axes.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2021Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Vincent Bismuth, Sylvain Bernard, Fanny Patoureaux, Yana Popova, Jorge Corsino Espino, Xavier Mancardi, Mathilde Ravier
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Publication number: 20230030175Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for x-ray imaging. In one embodiment, a method includes acquiring, with an x-ray detector, an x-ray image of a subject, determining a transformation that minimizes anti-scatter grid artifacts in the x-ray image, correcting the x-ray image according to the transformation to generate a corrected image, and outputting the corrected image. In this way, artifacts arising from a misalignment of an anti-scatter grid between the calibration and the acquisition may be reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2021Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Ludovic Boilevin Kayl, Fabio Mattana, Vincent Jonas Bismuth, Romain Brevet, Fanny Patoureaux
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Publication number: 20230013922Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for mammogram imaging. In one example, a method for an x-ray mammography system includes determining, based on a pre-exposure image of a subject acquired with the x-ray mammography system before acquisition of one or more main images, that the subject has an implant; automatically adjusting one or more imaging parameters in response to determining that the subject has the implant; and acquiring the one or more main images with the adjusted one or more imaging parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2021Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Jorge Corsino Espino, Olivier Ernoult, Vincent Jonas Bismuth, Fanny Patoureaux, Karima Santi, Maria Belen Aguirre Larrieu
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Publication number: 20220378390Abstract: A medical imaging system includes an X-ray source for transmitting X-rays through a subject and a detector for receiving the X-ray energy of the X-rays after having passed through the subject. The system also includes a processing system which is programmed to generate a pre-shot image of the subject using low energy X-ray intensity from the X-ray source and to determine a plurality of acquisition parameters for a main scan of the subject based on the pre-shot image. The processing system is also programmed to determine a saturation time of the detector for the corresponding acquisition parameters based on detector calibration data and to determine a number of time frames required to reach the targeted dose based on the saturation time.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2021Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Xavier Mancardi, Remy Klausz, Fanny Patoureaux
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Publication number: 20210259648Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for dynamic collimation adjustment during various x-ray imaging and image-guided procedures. In one example, collimation for an x-ray mammography system is adjusted based on a volume of interest, and further based on a workflow step of an imaging procedure. As an example, prior to a target selection, collimation may be adjusted to irradiate a larger volume of interest and x-ray system acquisition parameters, and hence, a greater area of a detector is irradiated; and after target coordinates are selected (e.g., for an interventional procedure), collimation may be adjusted to irradiate a reduced volume of interest based on the selected target and x-ray system acquisition parameters, and hence, a smaller area of detector is irradiated.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2020Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Marion Jeanmaire, Jorge Corsino Espino, Veronique Felix, Karima Santi, Aurora Talaverano Fuentes, Fanny Patoureaux
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Patent number: 10722187Abstract: A system for imaging is provided. The system includes an x-ray source, a detector, and a controller. The x-ray source is operative to transmit x-rays through a subject while the x-ray source continuously travels along a path defined by a sweep angle. The detector is operative to receive the x-rays after having passed through the subject. The controller is operative to: acquire preliminary data regarding the subject via the x-ray source and the detector; determine at least one acquisition parameter from the preliminary data; and acquire one or more projections of the subject via the x-ray source and the x-ray detector based at least in part on the acquisition parameter.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Remy Klausz, Xavier Mancardi, Yann Le Meur, Fanny Patoureaux
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Publication number: 20200069261Abstract: A system for imaging is provided. The system includes an x-ray source, a detector, and a controller. The x-ray source is operative to transmit x-rays through a subject while the x-ray source continuously travels along a path defined by a sweep angle. The detector is operative to receive the x-rays after having passed through the subject. The controller is operative to: acquire preliminary data regarding the subject via the x-ray source and the detector; determine at least one acquisition parameter from the preliminary data; and acquire one or more projections of the subject via the x-ray source and the x-ray detector based at least in part on the acquisition parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2018Publication date: March 5, 2020Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: REMY KLAUSZ, XAVIER MANCARDI, YANN LE MEUR, FANNY PATOUREAUX
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Patent number: 7693255Abstract: Compression pad for a mammography apparatus comprising a compression plate made of a material transparent to X-rays, and a support by which said pad is configured to be mounted onto a mammography apparatus. The support has an arch shape configured to go over the edge of a compression plate, and said compression plate and said support comprise complementary mechanical means capable of enabling manual locking/unlocking of the support on said plate, in particular for cleaning said plate and said support.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2009Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Fanny Patoureaux, Jean-Claude Ledan, Alain Rauby
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Publication number: 20090196394Abstract: Compression pad for a mammography apparatus comprising a compression plate made of a material transparent to X-rays, and a support by which said pad is configured to be mounted onto a mammography apparatus. The support has an arch shape configured to go over the edge of a compression plate, and said compression plate and said support comprise complementary mechanical means capable of enabling manual locking/unlocking of the support on said plate, in particular for cleaning said plate and said support.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2009Publication date: August 6, 2009Inventors: Fanny PATOUREAUX, Jean-Claude LEDAN, Alain RAUBY
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Publication number: 20080167552Abstract: An imaging system operable to generate an output image of a contrast agent injected in an imaged subject. The system includes a energy source, a detector, and a display. The detector generates a plurality of radiological images of the imaged subject. The system also includes a computer having a memory in communication with a processor. The memory includes programmable instructions, including acquiring an image of the contrast agent in the imaged subject with a spectra of energy from the energy source; detecting grayscale values of pixel data of the contrast agent in the image; calculating a predicted thickness of the contrast agent relative to the plurality of grayscale values of pixel data of the contrast agent detected in the image; and generating an output image comprising an illustration of the predicted thickness of the contrast agent for illustration on the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2007Publication date: July 10, 2008Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Xavier Bouchevreau, Serge L.W. Muller, Razvan G. Iordache, Fanny Patoureaux