Patents Assigned to AGFA-Healthcare
  • Patent number: 11727573
    Abstract: Method of segmenting anatomical structures such as organs in 3D scans in an architecture that combines U-net, time-distributed convolutions and bidirectional convolutional LSTM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignees: Agfa Healthcare NV, VRVis Zentrum fur Virtual Reality und Visualisierung Forschungs-GmbH
    Inventors: Alexey Novikov, David Major, Maria Wimmer, Dimitrios Lenis, Katja Buehler
  • Publication number: 20230177683
    Abstract: A neural network, trained for the task of deriving the attribution of image regions that significantly influence classification in a tool for pathology classification, comprising (i) a contracting branch, (ii) an attenuation module, (iii) an interconnected upsampling branch, and (iv) a final mapping module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicants: AGFA Healthcare NV, VRVIS Zentrum für Virtual Reality und Visualisierung Forschungs-GmbH
    Inventors: Dimitrios Lenis, David Major, Maria Wimmer, Gert Sluiter, Astrid Berg, Katja Buehler
  • Publication number: 20230144724
    Abstract: A method for finding image regions that significantly influence classification in a tool for pathology classification in a medical image wherein image regions that influence classification are inpainted, by replacing the pixels in these regions by representations of heathy tissue, resulting in an image with a healthy classification-score in the classification tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicants: AGFA Healthcare NV, VRVIS Zentrum für Virtual Reality und Visualisierung Forschungs-GmbH
    Inventors: David Major, Dimitrios Lenis, Maria Wimmer, Gert Sluiter, Astrid Berg, Katja Buehler
  • Publication number: 20220238239
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method which, given a set of procedure definitions in a first radiology information system generates the best match for a procedure definition defined in a second system on the basis of a multidimensional vector representation of procedure definitions and a matching algorithm based on vector cosine similarity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Agfa Healthcare NV
    Inventors: Roel Adriaensens, Yoni De Witte
  • Patent number: 11210792
    Abstract: A method for training an artificial neural network on an additional untrained segmentation task prevents the loss of previously acquired segmentation skills on originally trained segmentation tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignees: Agfa HealthCare NV, VRVis Zentrum für Virtual Reality und Visualisierung Forschungs-GmbH
    Inventors: Alexey Novikov, Katja Buehler, David Major, Maria Wimmer
  • Patent number: 11055851
    Abstract: A pipe-line method for multi-label segmentation of anatomic structures in a medical image using a convolutional neural network trained with a weighted loss function takes into account under—representation of at least one anatomical structure in a ground-truth mask relative to other anatomical structures. Different architectures for the convolutional neural network are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignees: Agfa HealthCare NV, VRVis Zentrum für Virtual Reality und Visualisierung
    Inventors: Alexey Novikov, David Major, Dimitrios Lenis, Maria Wimmer, Katja Buehler
  • Patent number: 10898156
    Abstract: A radiation image capturing system includes a processing unit that determines at least three distances between at least one first distance sensor provided at a radiation generation unit and at least three second distance sensors provided at a detection unit based on one or more signals emitted by the first distance sensor, and that determines an orientation of the radiation generation unit and the detection unit relative to each other based on inclination information provided by a first sensor unit provided at the radiation generation unit and a second sensor unit provided at the detection unit. Alternatively, the processing unit determines distances between at least three first distance sensors provided at the radiation generation unit and at least three second distance sensors provided at the detection unit based on signals emitted by the at least three first distance sensors to determine an orientation of the radiation generation unit and the detection unit relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: AGFA Healthcare NV
    Inventors: Rainer Nebosis, Vladimir Zemanek, Johannes Hoelzl, Georg Reiser, Roland Reuter
  • Publication number: 20190125292
    Abstract: A radiation image capturing system includes a processing unit that determines at least three distances between at least one first distance sensor provided at a radiation generation unit and at least three second distance sensors provided at a detection unit based on one or more signals emitted by the first distance sensor, and that determines an orientation of the radiation generation unit and the detection unit relative to each other based on inclination information provided by a first sensor unit provided at the radiation generation unit and a second sensor unit provided at the detection unit. Alternatively, the processing unit determines distances between at least three first distance sensors provided at the radiation generation unit and at least three second distance sensors provided at the detection unit based on signals emitted by the at least three first distance sensors to determine an orientation of the radiation generation unit and the detection unit relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Agfa HealthCare NV
    Inventors: Rainer NEBOSIS, Vladimir ZEMANEK, Johannes HOELZL, Georg REISER, Roland REUTER
  • Publication number: 20190125285
    Abstract: A mobile radiation image capturing system includes a radiation generation unit that generates X-ray radiation; a mobile carriage on which the radiation generation unit is mounted; a drive unit that moves the carriage by linear motion in two dimensions and/or by rotation; at least one detection unit that captures a radiation image of an object; at least one sensor unit that determines an orientation and/or a position of the radiation generation unit and the detection unit relative to each other; at least one output unit that output information to a user; and a processing unit that, based on the orientation and/or position of the radiation generation unit and the detection unit relative to each other, determines whether the radiation generation unit and the detection unit have a predetermined orientation and/or position relative to each other and, if not, determines a positioning information on how to move the carriage and/or the radiation generation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Agfa HealthCare NV
    Inventors: Rainer NEBOSIS, Vladimir ZEMANEK
  • Publication number: 20180211004
    Abstract: A system and method for providing breast image data. A transmission request is transmitted from a workstation to an imaging server with identifying characteristics for a mammography image. A pre-determined breast window for the mammography image is identified. An unprocessed image stored on the server that corresponds to the mammography image is identified, and breast image data can be determined for unprocessed image. The breast image data includes a breast window image that can be determined by applying the pre-determined breast window to the unprocessed image. The breast image data is transmitted to the clinician workstation, and the breast window image is displayed at the clinician workstation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: Agfa HealthCare Inc.
    Inventor: Viktor Kopylov
  • Publication number: 20180166161
    Abstract: A workflow management system for medical report production includes a workflow database that stores workflows, a user database that stores users, a task configurator that generates and configures tasks for production of a medical report in correspondence with rules of a workflow out of the workflows and assigns the tasks to users out of the user database, the tasks including at least one multi-author task, and an exclusion list manager that maintains an exclusion list of excluded authors for the multi-author task, wherein the task configurator is operationally coupled to the exclusion list manager and adapted to exclude the excluded authors when assigning the multi-author task to users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: Agfa HealthCare NV
    Inventors: Nancy SAMI, Wim GEERAERTS, Olivier DEBELS, Caroline BOGAERT
  • Patent number: 9996951
    Abstract: A computerized tomographic image exposure and reconstruction method wherein an object is subjected to irradiation during a relative movement of a source of radiation, the object, and a radiation detector and wherein a digital representation of the radiation image of the object is computed by applying a tomographic reconstruction algorithm to image data read out of the irradiated radiation detector. A number of projection images are generated, each of the projection images being generated by integrating X-ray beams continuously emitted during the relative movement through a predefined movement path, and the created projection images are modeled in a tomographic reconstruction algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignees: Agfa HealthCare, Universiteit Antwerpen
    Inventors: Jan Sijbers, Jeroen Cant
  • Patent number: 9913621
    Abstract: An offset of an actual positional relationship of a radiation source and an object from a reference positional relationship is determined and taken into account when positioning and/or tilting and/or collimating the radiation source so as to irradiate a region of interest of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Agfa HealthCare NV
    Inventors: Wim Govaerts, Yves Vanmeenen, Danny Janssens
  • Publication number: 20180032677
    Abstract: A data processing system for determining an availability speed of a medical image includes a client sends a request for viewing the medical image, a server that provides the client with the medical image upon reception of the request, an availability determining unit configured to: determine a download path to be followed by the medical image within the data processing system in order to be made available to the client, retrieve configuration parameters indicative for a transfer speed along the download path, and determine the availability speed of the medical image from the download path and from the configuration parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: Agfa HealthCare NV
    Inventor: Roel ADRIAENSENS
  • Publication number: 20170340305
    Abstract: A motion correction method includes two steps. The first step includes a global motion correction using the bilinear warping technique and a rough delineation of the lung fields. One of the native images (low energy image, high energy image) is deformed to match the other image. In a second step, local motion corrections are applied to the globally motion corrected image by computing a proximity value in small overlapping tiles. Only tiles with a sufficient high proximity value are taken into account. The maximum shift applied in this second step is limited to a few pixels to avoid strong deformations of the native images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Agfa HealthCare NV
    Inventor: Tom BERTENS
  • Publication number: 20170344712
    Abstract: In a computer-implemented method of querying a data repository wherein a software image is generated of at least one of a pre-compiled semantic reasoning engine, a set of pre-compiled fact data, and pre-compiled reasoning rules. At runtime additional run time data and/or run time reasoning rules are loaded. A query is specified and solved by means of the software image and the additional run time data and/or runtime rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Agfa HealthCare NV
    Inventors: Kristof DEPRAETERE, Hong SUN, Jos DE ROO, Dirk COLAERT
  • Publication number: 20170221232
    Abstract: A computerized tomographic image exposure and reconstruction method wherein an object is subjected to irradiation during a relative movement of a source of radiation, saidthe object, and a radiation detector and wherein a digital representation of the radiation image of saidthe object is computed by applying a tomographic reconstruction algorithm to image data read out of the irradiated radiation detector. A number of projection images are generated, each of saidthe projection images being generated by integrating X-ray beams continuously emitted during saidthe relative movement through a predefined movement path, and the created projection images are modeled in a tomographic reconstruction algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicants: Agfa HealthCare, Universiteit Antwerpen
    Inventors: Jan SIJBERS, Jeroen CANT
  • Publication number: 20170135668
    Abstract: A method of monitoring a radiation amount received from an X-ray source in an X-ray imaging system for taking an X-ray image of an object includes the steps of obtaining one or more depth images from one or more depth cameras; the one or more depth cameras covering at least an area covered by an X-ray bundle of an X-ray source of the X-ray imaging system; positioning the object against or on a surface including radiation measurement chambers and identifying select radiation measurement chambers underneath the object from the one or more depth images and/or from a single depth image derived from the one or more depth images; and activating the select radiation measurement chambers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: Agfa Healthcare NV
    Inventor: Gert MERCKX
  • Patent number: 9633424
    Abstract: A method and system for acquiring an image of an object using optical coherence tomography using an interferometer and a detector, wherein the object is irradiated with light emitted by the interferometer, light reflected by the object is fed back into the interferometer and detected by the detector, the image of the object is derived from the detected light, and a file containing information, in particular graphical information and/or photographic image information, relating to the object is assigned to and/or correlated with the image of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Agfa HealthCare NV
    Inventors: Rainer Nebosis, Wolfgang Schorre
  • Publication number: 20170068896
    Abstract: A method for generating rules for rule-based reasoning includes the steps of starting from a set of generic reasoning rules generating a set of specific reasoning rules by substituting in at least one of the generic reasoning rules having more than one variable, at least one of the variables with (a) class(es) defined in an ontology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: AGFA Healthcare NV
    Inventors: Jos DE ROO, Giovanni MELS, Hong SUN, Dirk COLAERT