Patents by Inventor Maria-Magdalena Nay

Maria-Magdalena Nay 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: 8280127
    Abstract: A system and method for analyzing three-dimensional image data are disclosed herein. The system includes a processor configured to generate an overview image of at least a portion of a patient. The processor is configured to generate a cross-sectional image including a cross-sectional view of the overview image. The processor is also configured to generate a statistical image showing a parameter value relating to the portion of the patient shown in the overview image. The system also includes a visual output device connected to the processor. The visual output device is configured to display the overview image, the cross-sectional image, and the statistical image generally simultaneously. Also, the overview image, the cross-sectional image, and the statistical image are interconnected such that an update, change, or input applied to any one of the images results in an update to one or more of the other images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sandeep Dutta, Beth Heckel, Maria-Magdalena Nay, Sardar Gautham
  • Patent number: 8094896
    Abstract: Systems, method and apparatus in which some implementations of respiratory structure imaging includes tracking a portion in a organ, determining wall contours in the portion and color-coding confidence in the wall contours. Some implementations of the color-coding includes selecting a cross section of a portion, determining average intensity of a wall in the organ from equally space ray vectors, determining confidence from a distribution of the average intensity, labeling sections of an organ image in reference to the average intensity, and color coding sections of the image in the memory according to the confidence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sandeep Dutta, Csongor Pal Sprencz, Maria-Magdalena Nay, Laurent Launay
  • Patent number: 7957570
    Abstract: A system and method to generate an illustration of a cardiac region of interest of an imaged subject is provided. The method includes generating a three-dimensional model from a series of acquired images of the cardiac region of interest; measuring a series of values of at least one functional parameter of the cardiac region of interest; generating a map of a spatial relation of the plurality of values of the functional parameter in spatial relation to the three-dimensional model of the cardiac region of interest; generating a three-dimensional model of a vessel structure leading to the cardiac region of interest; generating an output image that includes combining the three-dimensional model of the cardiac region of interest, the map of the series of values of the functional parameter, and the three-dimensional model of the vessel structure in spatial relation to one another relative to a common coordinate system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Deschamps, Jerome F. Knoplioch, Laurent Launay, Maria-Magdalena Nay
  • Publication number: 20100054554
    Abstract: A system and method for analyzing three-dimensional image data are disclosed herein. The system includes a processor configured to generate an overview image of at least a portion of a patient. The processor is configured to generate a cross-sectional image including a cross-sectional view of the overview image. The processor is also configured to generate a statistical image showing a parameter value relating to the portion of the patient shown in the overview image. The system also includes a visual output device connected to the processor. The visual output device is configured to display the overview image, the cross-sectional image, and the statistical image generally simultaneously. Also, the overview image, the cross-sectional image, and the statistical image are interconnected such that an update, change, or input applied to any one of the images results in an update to one or more of the other images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sandeep Dutta, Beth Heckel, Maria-Magdalena Nay, Sardar Gautham
  • Publication number: 20090257627
    Abstract: Systems, method and apparatus in which some implementations of respiratory structure imaging includes tracking a portion in a organ, determining wall contours in the portion and color-coding confidence in the wall contours. Some implementations of the color-coding includes selecting a cross section of a portion, determining average intensity of a wall in the organ from equally space ray vectors, determining confidence from a distribution of the average intensity, labeling sections of an organ image in reference to the average intensity, and color coding sections of the image in the memory according to the confidence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Maria-Magdalena Nay, Laurent Launay, Sandeep Dutta, Csongor Pal Sprencz
  • Publication number: 20080275336
    Abstract: A system and method to generate an illustration of a cardiac region of interest of an imaged subject is provided. The method includes generating a three-dimensional model from a series of acquired images of the cardiac region of interest; measuring a series of values of at least one functional parameter of the cardiac region of interest; generating a map of a spatial relation of the plurality of values of the functional parameter in spatial relation to the three-dimensional model of the cardiac region of interest; generating a three-dimensional model of a vessel structure leading to the cardiac region of interest; generating an output image that includes combining the three-dimensional model of the cardiac region of interest, the map of the series of values of the functional parameter, and the three-dimensional model of the vessel structure in spatial relation to one another relative to a common coordinate system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas Deschamps, Jerome F. Knoplioch, Laurent Launay, Maria-Magdalena Nay
  • Patent number: 7295692
    Abstract: A process for cardiac movements to be used with a radiography apparatus (1) wherein acquiring of a series of successive images In of the region of the heart, an analysis of at least some of the images thus acquired to identify a heart movement; and a determination of the cardiac cycle starting from this movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Maria-Magdalena Nay, Christophe Blondel, Laurence Gavit, RĂ©gis Vaillant
  • Publication number: 20070127796
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method for improving workflow in assessing lesions including displaying a reference image and determining a lesion contour. The reference image is displayed with a user interface component. The lesion contour is determined with a contour processing component. The lesion contour is based at least in part on the reference image and a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Inventors: Maria-Magdalena Nay, Christophe Genova, Robert Johnsen, Andre Nuffel
  • Publication number: 20050002549
    Abstract: A process for cardiac movements to be used with a radiography apparatus (1) wherein acquiring of a series of successive images In of the region of the heart, an analysis of at least some of the images thus acquired to identify a heart movement; and a determination of the cardiac cycle starting from this movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2003
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: Maria-Magdalena Nay, Christophe Blondel, Laurence Gavit, Regis Vaillant