Patents by Inventor Roberta Marie Strigel

Roberta Marie Strigel 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).

  • Image-guided biopsy techniques
    Patent number: 10921395
    Abstract: A system and method for providing virtual real-time MRI-guidance for a biopsy outside of a conventional MRI scanner is described. MR images and ultrasound images of a region of a patient's body are simultaneously acquired during a pre-biopsy procedure. Respiratory states that the patient may experience during the biopsy are then determined from the acquired ultrasound images, and each respiratory state is associated with corresponding MR images. The MR images are indexed with their corresponding respiratory state. Ultrasound images are then acquired of the patient during a biopsy procedure. The respiratory state of the patient is determined from the ultrasound images, and the corresponding indexed MR images are displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Kwok-Fah Foo, Jhimli Mitra, Bo Wang, Lowell Scott Smith, David Martin Mills, Warren Lee, James Hartman Holmes, Bryan Bednarz, Roberta Marie Strigel
  • IMAGE-GUIDED BIOPSY TECHNIQUES
    Publication number: 20190219647
    Abstract: A system and method for providing virtual real-time MRI-guidance for a biopsy outside of a conventional MRI scanner is described. MR images and ultrasound images of a region of a patient's body are simultaneously acquired during a pre-biopsy procedure. Respiratory states that the patient may experience during the biopsy are then determined from the acquired ultrasound images, and each respiratory state is associated with corresponding MR images. The MR images are indexed with their corresponding respiratory state. Ultrasound images are then acquired of the patient during a biopsy procedure. The respiratory state of the patient is determined from the ultrasound images, and the corresponding indexed MR images are displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Kwok-Fah Foo, Jhimli Mitra, Bo Wang, Lowell Scott Smith, David Martin Mills, Warren Lee, James Hartman Holmes, Bryan Bednarz, Roberta Marie Strigel