Patents by Inventor Karlheinz Dorn

Karlheinz Dorn 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).

  • Publication number: 20180350454
    Abstract: In a method, a personal dose report image is received via a first interface. The personal dose report image includes personal data and dose data of an imaging by way of ionizing radiation. The personal data and the dose data are contained as rasterized text in the personal dose report image and the personal data or the dose data includes a first signal word. A first position of the first signal word in the personal dose report image is determined through optical character recognition. An image area in the personal dose report image is determined based on the first position, the image area including at least a part of the personal data. An anonymized dose report image based on the personal dose report image is determined, at least the image area of the anonymized dose report image corresponding to the image area of the personal dose report image being anonymized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventor: Karlheinz DORN
  • Patent number: 10135691
    Abstract: A method and a device are disclosed for operating a data processing network which includes a plurality of geographically spaced-apart data centers and a large number of client computers, data being transmittable between each of the client computers and at least to one of the data centers, wherein one or more virtual servers is operateable in each of the data centers. According to at least one embodiment, access data is collected including information on geographical location of the client, geographical location of the virtual servers and the degree of utilization of the virtual servers. The access data collected is analyzed and, using the result of analysis, a migration plan, which is improved with respect to the mean latency, is created for the deployment of the virtual servers among the data centers. The virtual servers are migrated between the data centers in accordance with the migration plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Lutz Dominick, Karlheinz Dorn, Vladyslav Ukis
  • Publication number: 20180289351
    Abstract: In a method, a water equivalent diameter (abbreviated to WED) of a slice plane of an examination volume is received via an interface. In an embodiment, a noise level based on the water equivalent diameter is determined via a computer unit, the noise level being an upper threshold value for the noise of a CT image dataset. Furthermore a reference dose parameter is determined based on the noise level and the water equivalent diameter via the computer unit, the reference dose parameter corresponding to a first x-ray dose, which would be absorbed in the slice plane during a recording of a first CT image dataset of the examination volume upon the noise of the first CT image dataset corresponding to the noise level. Finally, the reference dose parameter is indirectly proportional to a power of the noise level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventor: Karlheinz DORN
  • Patent number: 9953136
    Abstract: A system for displaying and editing data for a medical device is provided. The system includes at least one viewing application for execution on a user appliance, which application is set up to display medical image data records that are kept in cloud storage in a public cloud. In respect of its component architecture, the viewing application includes a View layer, a ViewModel layer, a Model layer, and a driver layer. In this case, the ViewModel layer defines a common set of functions for the display and editing of 2D image data and 3D image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventor: Karlheinz Dorn
  • Patent number: 9697481
    Abstract: A method of operating a hospital information system, and a hospital information system are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the method includes providing a taskflow editing tool with a limited number of editing options to a user; creating a taskflow defining a number of tasks and connections of the tasks by the user using the taskflow editing tool; and performing an automated test run of the created taskflow, wherein the automated test run is checked according to a number of criteria and wherein results of the check are reported to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Chiheb Charrad, Lutz Dominick, Karlheinz Dorn, Christian Scharf, Vladyslav Ukis
  • Publication number: 20170177794
    Abstract: A system for displaying and editing data for a medical device is provided. The system includes at least one viewing application for execution on a user appliance, which application is set up to display medical image data records that are kept in cloud storage in a public cloud. In respect of its component architecture, the viewing application includes a View layer, a ViewModel layer, a Model layer, and a driver layer. In this case, the ViewModel layer defines a common set of functions for the display and editing of 2D image data and 3D image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventor: Karlheinz Dorn
  • Publication number: 20170177570
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for automatically controlling loading processes of dose information images. In one example, the method includes receiving a data record at a local data repository, wherein the data record contains a dose information image and a scanner index. The method further includes: comparing the scanner index against a whitelist from the central data repository; transmitting the data record from the local data repository to a checking directory of the central data repository when the scanner index is not contained in the whitelist; validating the dose information image from the checking directory by character recognition; and entering the scanner index in the whitelist in the event of successful validation of the dose information image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventor: Karlheinz Dorn
  • Publication number: 20160239615
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to a system for managing and editing data of a medical device (2, 2?). According to the invention, separate memory areas (22-25) in a cloud storage (19) of a public cloud (13) are provided for at least two different types of medical data sets (P, W, C, B). The data sets (P, W, C, B) stored in a particular memory area (22-25) are each held available in such a way that said data sets (P, W, C, B) can be directly accessed from the Internet (16) if a subscription (18, 18) associated with the memory area (22-25) exists. In addition, at least one specifically associated application (31-34, 94, 95) for running on a user device (8, 9, 11, 12) is provided for each memory area (22-25), said application being designed to retrieve and/or display the data sets (P, W, C, B) contained in the associated memory area (22-25).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventor: Karlheinz Dorn
  • Patent number: 9400870
    Abstract: A method includes a) loading a first number n of image sets with an image size ky, the ky images of which are distributed in a regular manner over a volume, which is to be loaded in its entirety as a result; b) loading a number nx of image sets starting with a factor x=1, with the images loaded in total being distributed in a regular manner over the volume; c) determining a camera distance and voxel size based on the number of images loaded, a camera distance and voxel size being suitable as parameters for a volume rendering; and d) repeating the two preceding steps b) and c) while increasing the number of image sets with a factor x=x+1, until all the images of the volume have been loaded in their entirety and/or until the step sequence ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Karlheinz Dorn, Vladyslav Ukis
  • Patent number: 9398079
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, data relating to the usage and the operating status of a frontend module of a software application implemented on the client side is acquired continuously during the execution of the application by way of a monitoring frontend module implemented on the client side of a client/server system. This acquired usage and status data is transmitted by the monitoring frontend module to a monitoring backend module implemented on the server side. The usage and status data is stored by the monitoring backend module in a database on the server side. The usage and status data stored in the database is automatically analyzed by way of an analysis module. In the process, default settings of the software application are automatically modified by way of the analysis module on the basis of the result of the analysis in order to improve the performance of the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Lutz Dominick, Karlheinz Dorn, Vladyslav Ukis
  • Publication number: 20160125138
    Abstract: Measurement results are acquired by a number of medical imaging systems in each case using a respective measurement protocol and by applying a respective dose. Data records are automatically placed in a cloud by the systems or a PACS connected to the respective system. Measurement protocols, applied doses, and anonymized images of the data records are referenced among each other. The data records placed in the cloud are assigned the respective examination type and an identification of the respective system and/or an identification of the type of respective system. The cloud accepts data queries from users. The data queries as a search criterion specify at least the examination type, the identification of the respective system, and/or the identification of the type of the respective system. The data records are determined by the cloud in accordance with the respective data query and are made available to the respective user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Karlheinz Dorn, Thomas Gossler, Andrew John Hewett, Vladyslav Ukis
  • Patent number: 9251312
    Abstract: An application platform is disclosed in a medical environment with a number of computer systems providing an information technology infrastructure and a plurality of basic information technology services to a number of users in the medical environment. At least one embodiment of the application platform provides a particularly simple and coordinated upgrade and update by independent software manufacturers and further provides a particularly high operational fail-safety during updates and upgrades by preventing damage to the systems caused by third party installer programs. To this end, at least one embodiment of the application platform includes a plurality of platform versioning building blocks and a number of platform data repositories, wherein the plurality of platform versioning building blocks are mutually independently updateable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Lutz Dominick, Karlheinz Dorn, Armin Michel, Vladyslav Ukis
  • Publication number: 20150312168
    Abstract: A device transmits a request to access image data stored in a cloud and then receives an access path to the image data. If the image data are in a first data format, the device reads the image data via the access path, converts them into the second data format, and stores the converted image data in the cloud. It also modifies the access path according to a modification rule and stores the modified access path in the cloud. If the image data are in the second data format, the device either always reads the image data in the second data format via the access path or checks whether a special instruction has been defined. On the basis of the special instruction, the device either reads the image data in the second data format via the access path or remodifies the access path using the modification rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventor: Karlheinz DORN
  • Publication number: 20150256412
    Abstract: A method and a device are disclosed for operating a data processing network which includes a plurality of geographically spaced-apart data centers and a large number of client computers, data being transmittable between each of the client computers and at least to one of the data centers, wherein one or more virtual servers is operateable in each of the data centers. According to at least one embodiment, access data is collected including information on geographical location of the client, geographical location of the virtual servers and the degree of utilization of the virtual servers. The access data collected is analyzed and, using the result of analysis, a migration plan, which is improved with respect to the mean latency, is created for the deployment of the virtual servers among the data centers. The virtual servers are migrated between the data centers in accordance with the migration plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Lutz DOMINICK, Karlheinz DORN, Vladyslav UKIS
  • Publication number: 20150234557
    Abstract: A system for managing and processing data in a medical facility is specified. The system includes at least one browser application for running on a user device. The browser application is set up to display data record lists containing a respective list entry for a number of medical data records of at least one particular data type and individual list entries for inspection and processing. The browser application has a multilayer component architecture having a frame layer, a view layer, a view model layer, a model layer and a driver layer. In this case, the components of the view model layer are generic, that is to say independent of the data type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventor: Karlheinz DORN
  • Patent number: 9086926
    Abstract: A method and a device are disclosed for operating a data processing network which includes a plurality of geographically spaced-apart data centers and a large number of client computers, data being transmittable between each of the client computers and at least to one of the data centers, wherein one or more virtual servers is operateable in each of the data centers. According to at least one embodiment, access data is collected including information on geographical location of the client, geographical location of the virtual servers and the degree of utilization of the virtual servers. The access data collected is analyzed and, using the result of analysis, a migration plan, which is improved with respect to the mean latency, is created for the deployment of the virtual servers among the data centers. The virtual servers are migrated between the data centers in accordance with the migration plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Lutz Dominick, Karlheinz Dorn, Vladyslav Ukis
  • Patent number: 9070095
    Abstract: A method, a system and a computer program product are disclosed for providing information concerning scheduled procedure steps and/or information concerning performed procedure steps within a taskflow which includes a plurality of tasks for processing medical image data. Each taskflow is associated with a taskflow specific context folder. In at least one embodiment, a publisher task is adapted to select selected data out of the medical image data. For these selected data, meta-information is updated by incorporating additional information concerning scheduled procedure steps and performed procedure steps. This is done by maintaining referential integrity between image data, scheduled procedure steps and performed procedure steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Detlef Becker, Karlheinz Dorn, Andrew John Hewett, Armin Michel
  • Patent number: 9063817
    Abstract: An application platform is disclosed together with a method for operating a data processing arrangement on which the application platform is implemented along with at least one application which is executable on the application platform by accessing at least one programming interface of the application platform. In at least one embodiment, in the course of a change of version of the application platform or of a part of the platform, a check is carried out by way of an update module to determine whether a newly-to-be-installed more recent version of the application platform or of the part of the platform is consistent with the existing older version of the application platform or of the part of the platform in terms of the interface specification and/or the behavior of the or each programming interface. If necessary, the update module overwrites the older version with the more recent version.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Karlheinz Dorn, Armin Michel, Vladyslav Ukis
  • Patent number: 9020304
    Abstract: In order to enable improved or even optimized loading of medical image data, a data type representing the image data is determined in at least one embodiment from the image data in a first step and a data-type-specific default loading strategy is selected according to the data type. The default loading strategy may be refined, in at least one example embodiment, to produce a loading strategy based on additional context data. The context data is obtained for example during an initial assessment of the image data. For this purpose, provision is made in particular for a shared index to be generated in which the context data is stored together with further information associated with the image data of a plurality of objects that are to be examined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Karlheinz Dorn, Helmut König, Vladyslav Ukis
  • Patent number: 8984069
    Abstract: A taskflow unit that assigns tasks to different software units in a medical computer network. The taskflow unit merges tasks to form at least one taskflow within the medical computer network. The taskflow unit is installed on an application server within the computer network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Antonius Ax, Karlheinz Dorn, Vladyslav Ukis