Patents by Inventor Melanie Goerner

Melanie Goerner 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).

  • Coregistering images of needle biopsies using multiple weighted landmarks
    Patent number: 9060672
    Abstract: A method for coregistering images involves defining middle paths through image objects depicting tissue slices of needle biopsies. First landmarks are defined on a first middle path through a first image object in a first digital image of a first tissue slice, and second landmarks are defined on a second middle path through a second image object of a second digital image of a second tissue slice. Individual first landmarks are associated with individual second landmarks. A first pixel in the first object is coregistered with a second pixel in the second object using multiple first and second landmarks. The first image is displayed in a first frame on a graphical user interface, and the second image is displayed in a second frame such that the first pixel is centered in the first frame, the second pixel is centered in the second frame, and the images have the same orientations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Definiens AG
    Inventors: Nicolas Brieu, Melanie Goerner, Guenter Schmidt, Gerd Binnig
  • Coregistering Images of Needle Biopsies Using Multiple Weighted Landmarks
    Publication number: 20140228707
    Abstract: A method for coregistering images involves defining middle paths through image objects depicting tissue slices of needle biopsies. First landmarks are defined on a first middle path through a first image object in a first digital image of a first tissue slice, and second landmarks are defined on a second middle path through a second image object of a second digital image of a second tissue slice. Individual first landmarks are associated with individual second landmarks. A first pixel in the first object is coregistered with a second pixel in the second object using multiple first and second landmarks. The first image is displayed in a first frame on a graphical user interface, and the second image is displayed in a second frame such that the first pixel is centered in the first frame, the second pixel is centered in the second frame, and the images have the same orientations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: DEFINIENS AG
    Inventors: Nicolas Brieu, Melanie Goerner, Guenter Schmidt, Gerd Binnig