Patents by Inventor Koon Yin Kong

Koon Yin Kong 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).

  • Systems and methods for guidewire tracking using phase congruency
    Patent number: 7711148
    Abstract: A method of tracking a guidewire in video imagery includes: obtaining a first video image including pixels associated with features of a guidewire; selecting a set of parameters to define an open curve on the first video image; determining a feature map of the first video image using phase congruency; and updating the parameters of the open curve using the feature map to align the open curve to the pixels associated with the features of the guidewire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory G. Slabaugh, Koon Yin Kong, Gozde Unal, Tong Fang