Patents by Inventor James T. Rhodes

James T. Rhodes 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: 4466075
    Abstract: A motion correction method and related analog motion correction circuitry are disclosed, which correct for image blurring due to patient movement in scintigram heart studies using an Anger camera. X, Y positional coordinate signals developed for incident quanta of radiation E1 emitted by an isotope of energy 1 distributed in the heart are displayed on a CRT screen after correction in accordance with the displacement from an initial position X.sub.o ', Y.sub.o ' of a centroid calculated from X', Y' positional coordinate signals developed for incident quanta of radiation E2 emitted by isotope of energy 2 in the form of a point source strapped to the patient's chest for movement therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1984
    Assignee: Siemens Gammasonics, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark W. Groch, James T. Rhodes