Patents by Inventor Sibylle Ziegler

Sibylle Ziegler 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).

  • Patent number: 8718232
    Abstract: A method and an system are disclosed for reconstructing an emission tomography image in a combined MR (magnetic resonance) and emission tomography imaging system. In at least one embodiment, the method includes obtaining an MR image of a subject, the subject being clipped in the MR image; obtaining raw emission tomography scan data of the subject; determining a missing part of the subject clipped in the MR image; using information of the MR image and the determined missing part to obtain a final attenuation model of the subject; and reconstructing the emission tomography image using the raw data and the final attenuation model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gaspar Delso, Ralf Ladebeck, Axel Martinez-Möller, Sibylle Ziegler
  • Publication number: 20100278406
    Abstract: A method and an system are disclosed for reconstructing an emission tomography image in a combined MR (magnetic resonance) and emission tomography imaging system. In at least one embodiment, the method includes obtaining an MR image of a subject, the subject being clipped in the MR image; obtaining raw emission tomography scan data of the subject; determining a missing part of the subject clipped in the MR image; using information of the MR image and the determined missing part to obtain a final attenuation model of the subject; and reconstructing the emission tomography image using the raw data and the final attenuation model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Gaspar Delso, Ralf Ladebeck, Axel Martinez-Mõller, Sibylle Ziegler
  • Publication number: 20090259123
    Abstract: A device for 3D acquisition, 3D visualization and computer guided surgery with a tracking system, which can be for example an external optical tracking system (4), a tracked nuclear probe (1) having a nuclear probe (11) and a tip of nuclear probe (14), which measures a radioactivity, is achieved by providing a time synchronized recording of the spatial position and orientation of the tip of nuclear probes (14) and its measured counts of radioactivity. Thus a 3D radioactive surface distribution (8) is generated and may be visualized spatially registered with the viewing geometry of any in a superimposed image (81). Moreover using the said device, a method for 3D acquisition, 3D visualization and computer guided surgery is introduced for invasive or minimally invasive interventions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: SURGICEYE GMBH
    Inventors: Nassir Navab, Sibylle Ziegler, Jörg Traub, Thomas Wendler