Patents by Inventor Paul M. Meskell

Paul M. Meskell 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).

  • Automatic spacial identification of tissue implanted linear sources using medical imaging
    Publication number: 20040228509
    Abstract: A method for automatically determining position and shape of linear line sources implanted in a tissue using any form of diagnostic imaging is presented. Transaxial images are obtained throughout the subject tissue and converted into a binary image set by simple thresholding. The binary image set is analyzed for contiguous regions of unit pixel value. An aspect ratio is computed for each contiguous region based on the geometric properties of the region. The linear line sources are detected based on the computed aspect ratios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Applicant: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward J. Holupka, Paul M. Meskell, Irving D. Kaplan