Patents by Inventor Janice Chu

Janice Chu 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).

  • Device-less gating of physiological movement for improved image detection
    Patent number: 7574249
    Abstract: A method of imaging an object using a medical imaging system is provided. The imaging method acquires a stream of sinogram data. Changes in the stream of sinogram data corresponding to movement of the object are detected. The method selects portions of the stream of sinogram data. An image of the object based on the selected portions of the sinogram data is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kelly Lynn Piacsek, Janice Chu, Steven Gerald Kohlmyer, Michael Joseph Cook, Michael George Bonner, Patrick Joseph O'Day
  • Device-less gating of physiological movement for improved image detection
    Publication number: 20060178575
    Abstract: A method of imaging an object using a medical imaging system is provided. The imaging method acquires a stream of sinogram data. Changes in the stream of sinogram data corresponding to movement of the object are detected. The method selects portions of the stream of sinogram data. An image of the object based on the selected portions of the sinogram data is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventors: Kelly Piacsek, Janice Chu, Steven Kohlmyer, Michael Cook, Michael Bonner, Patrick O'Day