Patents by Inventor Fiona Schwab

Fiona Schwab 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).

  • Patent number: 11911214
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for a guided at-home ultrasound imaging session. In one example, a system for ultrasonically scanning a tissue sample includes a hand-held ultrasound probe including a transducer array of transducer elements, a probe position tracking device including one or more position sensors coupled to the ultrasound probe, and a controller. The controller is configured to, during an imaging session, determine a position of the ultrasound probe relative to a target position based on position data collected by the probe position tracking device, and responsive to an indication that the ultrasound probe is at the target position, acquire image data with the transducer array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: Martin Paul Mienkina, Fiona Schwab
  • Publication number: 20230255587
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically measuring and labeling follicles depicted in two-dimensional (2D) image slices of an ultrasound volume are provided. The method includes receiving an ultrasound volume of an ovary having follicles. The method includes causing a display to present, one at a time, 2D image slices extracted from the ultrasound volume. The method includes receiving a user indication identifying a follicle at a maximum size in a first 2D image slice of the ultrasound volume presented at the display. The method includes automatically segmenting the follicle in the ultrasound volume. The method includes automatically measuring the follicle in the first 2D image slice to generate a measurement presented at the display. The method includes automatically labeling the follicle in the first 2D image slice presented at the display and in any other of the parallel 2D image slices depicting the follicle that is subsequently presented at the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Fiona Schwab, Martin Mienkina
  • Publication number: 20220000449
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for a guided at-home ultrasound imaging session. In one example, a system for ultrasonically scanning a tissue sample includes a hand-held ultrasound probe including a transducer array of transducer elements, a probe position tracking device including one or more position sensors coupled to the ultrasound probe, and a controller. The controller is configured to, during an imaging session, determine a position of the ultrasound probe relative to a target position based on position data collected by the probe position tracking device, and responsive to an indication that the ultrasound probe is at the target position, acquire image data with the transducer array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Martin Paul Mienkina, Fiona Schwab
  • Publication number: 20200187906
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for a guided at-home ultrasound imaging session. In one example, a system for ultrasonically scanning a tissue sample includes a hand-held ultrasound probe including a transducer array of transducer elements, a probe position tracking device including one or more position sensors coupled to the ultrasound probe, and a controller. The controller is configured to, during an imaging session, determine a position of the ultrasound probe relative to a target position based on position data collected by the probe position tracking device, and responsive to an indication that the ultrasound probe is at the target position, acquire image data with the transducer array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Martin Paul Mienkina, Fiona Schwab
  • Publication number: 20190183453
    Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system and method for obtaining head progression measurements includes accessing a reference image frame acquired along a first scan plane and obtaining a first head progression measurement from the reference image frame. The system and method includes acquiring, with an ultrasound probe, a live image along a second scan plane and displaying the reference image frame superimposed over the live image. The system and method includes selecting an image frame from the live image and obtaining a second head progression measurement from the image frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Fiona Schwab, Christian Perrey, Yelena Tsymbalenko, Jos Stas
  • Publication number: 20180344286
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for a guided at-home ultrasound imaging session. In one example, a system for ultrasonically scanning a tissue sample includes a hand-held ultrasound probe including a transducer array of transducer elements, a probe position tracking device including one or more position sensors coupled to the ultrasound probe, and a controller. The controller is configured to, during an imaging session, determine a position of the ultrasound probe relative to a target position based on position data collected by the probe position tracking device, and responsive to an indication that the ultrasound probe is at the target position, acquire image data with the transducer array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Martin Paul Mienkina, Fiona Schwab