Patents by Inventor Robert M. Judd
Robert M. Judd 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).
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Publication number: 20120185786Abstract: A method of managing medical information is disclosed. Medical image data is received, at a real-time transfer engine, at the same time that the patient is being scanned by a medical imaging device. The medical image data is then converted to a browser-compatible image format at a converter engine connected to receive the medical image data from the real-time transfer engine. The converter engine comprises a decoder engine for extracting image pixel data from the medical image data and an encoding engine for converting the image pixel data to a browser-compatible format connected to receive the image pixel data. The image pixel data may be converted to a browser compatible format without loss of diagnostic data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2012Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: Heart Imaging Technologies LLC.Inventors: Robert M. Judd, Enn-Ling Chen, Raymond J. Kim
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Patent number: 8166381Abstract: A method of managing medical information is disclosed. Medical image data is received, at a real-time transfer engine, at the same time that the patient is being scanned by a medical imaging device. The medical image data is then converted to a browser-compatible image format at a converter engine connected to receive the medical image data from the real-time transfer engine. The converter engine comprises a decoder engine for extracting image pixel data from the medical image data and an encoding engine for converting the image pixel data to a browser-compatible format connected to receive the image pixel data. The image pixel data may be converted to a browser compatible format without loss of diagnostic data.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2005Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Heart Imaging Technologies, LLCInventors: Robert M. Judd, Enn-Ling Chen, Raymond J. Kim
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Patent number: 8055636Abstract: A method of managing medical images is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a plurality of images corresponding to a plurality of modalities, displaying to a user at a client computer a selection comprising images associated with at least two different modalities, and, in response to the user selection, simultaneously displaying at the client computer images corresponding to at least two different modalities.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2005Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Heart Imaging Technologies, LLCInventors: Robert M. Judd, Enn-Ling Chen, Raymond J. Kim
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Patent number: 7958100Abstract: A method of managing medical information is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, at a first computer, requests for medical information from a second computer. The first computer responds by sending a set of instructions to the second computer. The instructions are sufficient to allow the second computer to automatically retrieve the requested medical information from a third computer.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2005Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Heart Imaging Technologies LLCInventors: Robert M. Judd, Enn-Ling Chen, Raymond J. Kim
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Patent number: 7957788Abstract: Methods and systems for obtaining intravascular magnetic resonance images of blood flow are disclosed. In preferred forms, a train of radio frequency (RF) pulses is produced by an intravascularly introduced RF transmitter positioned in proximate location to the blood flow so as to create a continuous stream of coherently excited protons of the blood flow. The coherently excited protons of the blood flow are sampled as the protons freely precess while flowing through a region of three dimensional space unaffected by the ongoing intravascular RF excitation. An image of the sampled coherently excited protons may then be constructed.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2005Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Duke UniversityInventors: Robert M. Judd, Wolfgang G. Rehwald, Raymond J. Kim
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Patent number: 7668835Abstract: A method of managing medical information is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of receiving medical information in a format incompatible with the World Wide Web and converting the medical information to a format compatible with the World Wide Web. Further, the medical information is physically stored at a single location.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2005Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: Heart Imaging Technologies, LLCInventors: Robert M. Judd, Enn-Ling Chen, Raymond J. Kim
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Patent number: 7457656Abstract: Medical image management system to allow any conventional Internet browser to function as a medical workstation. The system may be used to convert medical images from a plurality of image formats to browser compatible format. The Invention also relates to methods to manipulate digital medical images in such a way that multiple imaging modalities from multiple different vendors can be assembled into a database of Internet standard web pages without loss of diagnostic information.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2004Date of Patent: November 25, 2008Assignee: Heart Imaging Technologies, LLCInventors: Robert M. Judd, Enn-Ling Chen, Raymond J. Kim
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Patent number: 7254436Abstract: A method for creating a magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) image including the steps of acquiring a magnetic resonance image in which a predetermined slice is excited using a train of radiofrequency (RF) pulses; and acquiring image data between the RF pulses such that the excited slice is viewable from a side view rather than from a face view. An MRA image generated by the steps of acquiring a magnetic resonance image in which a predetermined slice is excited using a train of radiofrequency (RF) pulses; acquiring image data between the RF pulses; viewing a side view of the slice, including dynamic spins within and exiting the slice.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2003Date of Patent: August 7, 2007Assignee: Heart Imaging Technologies, LLCInventors: Robert M. Judd, Raymond J. Kim, Enn-Ling Chen
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Patent number: 6934698Abstract: Medical image management system to allow any conventional Internet browser to function as a medical workstation. The system may be used to convert medical images from a plurality of image formats to browser compatible format. The invention also relates to methods to manipulate digital medical images in such a way that multiple imaging modalities from multiple different vendors can be assembled into a database of Internet standard web pages without loss of diagnostic information.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2000Date of Patent: August 23, 2005Assignee: Heart Imaging Technologies LLCInventors: Robert M. Judd, Enn-Ling Chen, Raymond J. Kim
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Publication number: 20040254452Abstract: A method for creating a magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) image including the steps of acquiring a magnetic resonance image in which a predetermined slice is excited using a train of radiofrequency (RF) pulses; and acquiring image data between the RF pulses such that the excited slice is viewable from a side view rather than from a face view. An MRA image generated by the steps of acquiring a magnetic resonance image in which a predetermined slice is excited using a train of radiofrequency (RF) pulses; acquiring image data between the RF pulses; viewing a side view of the slice, including dynamic spins within and exiting the slice.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2003Publication date: December 16, 2004Inventors: Robert M. Judd, Raymond J. Kim, Enn-Ling Chen
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Publication number: 20020087503Abstract: Medical image management system to allow any conventional Internet browser to function as a medical workstation. The system may be used to convert medical images from a plurality of image formats to browser compatible format. The invention also relates to methods to manipulate digital medical images in such a way that multiple imaging modalities from multiple different vendors can be assembled into a database of Internet standard web pages without loss of diagnostic information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2000Publication date: July 4, 2002Inventors: Robert M. Judd, Enn-Ling Chen, Raymond J. Kim
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Patent number: 6205349Abstract: By administering MR contrast agent such as Gd-DPTA, waiting for a predetermined period of time and then acquiring T1-weighted MR image data, infarcted myocardial tissue can be distinguished from injured myocardial tissue. An in vivo cine MR study is used to distinguish normal myocardial tissue from injured or infarcted myocardial tissue. As a result, it is possible to distinguish between normal, injured but living, and infarcted myocardium using MR imaging.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 1998Date of Patent: March 20, 2001Assignees: Siemens Medical Systems, Inc., Northwestern UniversityInventors: Raymond Kim, Robert M. Judd, Jeffrey M. Bundy, Orlando P. Simonetti
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Patent number: 5910112Abstract: Methods for increasing the efficiency of .sup.23 Na and .sup.39 K imaging of biological tissue are provided. For maximum efficiency, the receiver bandwidth is set equal to or less than the quantity N.sub.ro /T*2. Methods for assessing cardiac tissue viability using .sup.23 Na imaging are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 1997Date of Patent: June 8, 1999Assignee: Northwestern UniversityInventors: Robert M. Judd, Todd B. Parrish