Patents by Inventor Susanne Dornberger
Susanne Dornberger 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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Patent number: 10660599Abstract: A method for positioning an emitter relative to a detector includes determining the position of the detector relative to the emitter, changing the position of the detector and measuring the change in position using a measuring device located in the detector. Data related to the change in position of the detector is then supplied to a device for positioning the emitter, and the position of the emitter is changed in accordance with the data. An image capture device is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2015Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBHInventors: Anne-Katrin Becker, Steffen Benndorf, Franziska Dinse, Susanne Dornberger, Michael Fuhrmann, Philip Hafner, Sultan Haider, Ralf Nanke, Sabine Schaeffer-Kundler
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Patent number: 10578459Abstract: A method and device for operating an x-ray device including an x-ray emitter and an x-ray detector are provided. An alternating magnetic field is produced and emitted at the x-ray emitter. At least two sensors are included for capturing at least one physical variable correlating with the alternating magnetic field. An alignment of the x-ray detector relative to the x-ray emitter is determined based on the measurement.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2017Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbHInventors: Susanne Dornberger, Dominikus Joachim Müller, Verena Schmidt, Stefan Schwarzer
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Patent number: 10478149Abstract: A method and a system for automatically aligning a positionable X-ray source of an X-ray system in alignment with a mobile X-ray detector is disclosed where the X-ray system detects the position of the mobile X-ray detector using a 3D camera and then driving the positionable X-ray source to a position in alignment with the mobile X-ray detector.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbHInventors: Birgi Tamersoy, Vivek Kumar Singh, Yao-jen Chang, Susanne Dornberger, Ralf Nanke, Terrence Chen
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Patent number: 10111642Abstract: A positioning device for a mobile x-ray detector, an x-ray device containing such a mobile positioning device, and a method mutually align a mobile x-ray detector and an x-ray emitter in relation to one another. In order to enable exact mutual alignment or positioning of the mobile x-ray detector in relation to the x-ray emitter, a positioning device is used for a mobile x-ray detector. The positioning device contains at least one marker and/or at least one sensor for determining the position and/or the orientation of the positioning device and contains a number of connection elements for establishing a mechanical connection between the positioning device and the mobile x-ray detector.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2016Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbHInventors: Andreas Deinlein, Thomas Dippl, Susanne Dornberger, Michael Fuhrmann, Sultan Haider, Ralf Nanke
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Publication number: 20180235566Abstract: A method and a system for automatically aligning a positionable X-ray source of an X-ray system in alignment with a mobile X-ray detector is disclosed where the X-ray system detects the position of the mobile X-ray detector using a 3D camera and then driving the positionable X-ray source to a position in alignment with the mobile X-ray detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2017Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Birgi Tamersoy, Vivek Kumar Singh, Yao-jen Chang, Susanne Dornberger, Ralf Nanke, Terrence Chen
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Publication number: 20180220989Abstract: A positioning device for a mobile x-ray detector, an x-ray device containing such a mobile positioning device, and a method mutually align a mobile x-ray detector and an x-ray emitter in relation to one another. In order to enable exact mutual alignment or positioning of the mobile x-ray detector in relation to the x-ray emitter, a positioning device is used for a mobile x-ray detector. The positioning device contains at least one marker and/or at least one sensor for determining the position and/or the orientation of the positioning device and contains a number of connection elements for establishing a mechanical connection between the positioning device and the mobile x-ray detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2016Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: ANDREAS DEINLEIN, THOMAS DIPPL, SUSANNE DORNBERGER, MICHAEL FUHRMANN, SULTAN HAIDER, RALF NANKE
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Patent number: 9895131Abstract: A method and apparatus for X-ray tube scanner automation using a 3D camera is disclosed. An RGBD image of a patient on a patient table is received from a 3D camera mounted on an X-ray tube. A transformation between a coordinate system of the 3D camera and a coordinate system of the patient table is calculated. A patient model is estimated from the RGBD image of the patient. The X-ray tube is automatically controlled to acquire an X-ray image of a region of interest of the patient based on the patient model.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2015Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbHInventors: Yao-Jen Chang, Vivek Kumar Singh, Kai Ma, Ralf Nanke, Susanne Dornberger, Terrence Chen
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Publication number: 20170360394Abstract: A positioning device for a mobile x-ray detector, an x-ray device containing such a mobile positioning device, and a method mutually align a mobile x-ray detector and an x-ray emitter in relation to one another. In order to enable exact mutual alignment or positioning of the mobile x-ray detector in relation to the x-ray emitter, a positioning device is used for a mobile x-ray detector. The positioning device contains at least one marker and/or at least one sensor for determining the position and/or the orientation of the positioning device and contains a number of connection elements for establishing a mechanical connection between the positioning device and the mobile x-ray detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: ANDREAS DEINLEIN, THOMAS DIPPL, SUSANNE DORNBERGER, MICHAEL FUHRMANN, SULTAN HAIDER, RALF NANKE
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Publication number: 20170307410Abstract: A method and device for operating an x-ray device including an x-ray emitter and an x-ray detector are provided. An alternating magnetic field is produced and emitted at the x-ray emitter. At least two sensors are included for capturing at least one physical variable correlating with the alternating magnetic field. An alignment of the x-ray detector relative to the x-ray emitter is determined based on the measurement.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Susanne Dornberger, Dominikus Joachim Müller, Verena Schmidt, Stefan Schwarzer
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Publication number: 20170135667Abstract: A method for positioning an emitter relative to a detector includes determining the position of the detector relative to the emitter, changing the position of the detector and measuring the change in position using a measuring device located in the detector. Data related to the change in position of the detector is then supplied to a device for positioning the emitter, and the position of the emitter is changed in accordance with the data. An image capture device is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2015Publication date: May 18, 2017Applicant: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBHInventors: ANNE-KATRIN BECKER, STEFFEN BENNDORF, FRANZISKA DINSE, SUSANNE DORNBERGER, MICHAEL FUHRMANN, PHILIP HAFNER, SULTAN HAIDER, RALF NANKE, SABINE SCHAEFFER-KUNDLER
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Publication number: 20170100089Abstract: A method and apparatus for X-ray tube scanner automation using a 3D camera is disclosed. An RGBD image of a patient on a patient table is received from a 3D camera mounted on an X-ray tube. A transformation between a coordinate system of the 3D camera and a coordinate system of the patient table is calculated. A patient model is estimated from the RGBD image of the patient. The X-ray tube is automatically controlled to acquire an X-ray image of a region of interest of the patient based on the patient model.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2015Publication date: April 13, 2017Inventors: Yao-Jen Chang, Vivek Kumar Singh, Kai Ma, Ralf Nanke, Susanne Dornberger, Terrence Chen
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Patent number: 9392989Abstract: In a mammography apparatus, a deflection of an x-ray source aligned on a radiation detector is predetermined depending on the size of a breast compressed in the compression unit and/or the density of the breast tissue. Given an increasing deflection on an arc-shaped trajectory of the x-ray source, the compression of the breast is reduced at least once so that the path of the x-rays through the breast stays within a predetermined path length, starting from a first compression in a first x-ray acquisition.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2014Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Susanne Dornberger, Thomas Mertelmeier, Ralf Nanke
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Publication number: 20150036796Abstract: In a mammography apparatus, a deflection of an x-ray source aligned on a radiation detector is predetermined depending on the size of a breast compressed in the compression unit and/or the density of the breast tissue. Given an increasing deflection on an arc-shaped trajectory of the x-ray source, the compression of the breast is reduced at least once so that the path of the x-rays through the breast stays within a predetermined path length, starting from a first compression in a first x-ray acquisition.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2014Publication date: February 5, 2015Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Susanne Dornberger, Thomas Mertelmeier, Ralf Nanke
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Publication number: 20110263922Abstract: In a method, a device and an apparatus system for therapy of prostate cancer, in the course of a therapy session the prostate of a patient is subjected at different locations to a diagnostic examination with regard to the presence of a tumor, and in the case of a positive diagnosis the prostate is therapeutically treated at the corresponding location during the therapy session. The device has a hollow needle, a biopsy needle carrying an extraction element at its forward end that serves to extract a tissue sample, and a therapy element serving to therapeutically act at a location of the prostate. The biopsy needle or the optical waveguide and the therapy element are designed so that they can be inserted into the hollow needle. The apparatus system includes a diagnostic unit and a therapy unit for focal therapy treatment of the prostate, the diagnostic unit including a device for histological assessment of prostate tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2011Publication date: October 27, 2011Inventors: Susanne Dornberger, Jens Fehre, Rale Nanke