Patents by Inventor Paula I. Patel

Paula I. Patel 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).

  • Concurrent display and adjustment of 3D projection, coronal slice, sagittal slice, and transverse slice images
    Patent number: 5371778
    Abstract: A CT scanner (A) non-invasively examines a volumetric region of a subject and generates volumetric image data indicative thereof. An object memory (B) stores the data values corresponding to each voxel of the volume region. An affine transform algorithm (60) operates on the visible faces (24, 26, 28) of the volumetric region to translate the faces from object space to projections of the faces onto a viewing plane in image space. An operator control console (E) includes operator controls for selecting an angular orientation of a projection image of the volumetric region relative to a viewing plane, i.e. a plane of the video display (20). A cursor positioning trackball (90) inputs i- and j-coordinate locations in image space which are converted (92) into a cursor crosshair display (30) on the projection image (22). A depth dimension k between the viewing plane and the volumetric region in a viewing direction perpendicular to the viewing plane is determined (74).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1994
    Assignee: Picker International, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey H. Yanof, Rodney A. Mattson, Paula I. Patel