Patents by Inventor Albert Clark Lardo

Albert Clark Lardo 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).

  • Combined multi-detector CT angiography and CT myocardial perfusion imaging for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease
    Patent number: 8615116
    Abstract: A computed tomography system has a support stage constructed and arranged to support a subject while under observation, an x-ray illumination system arranged proximate the support stage to illuminate the subject with x-rays, an x-ray detection system arranged proximate the support stage to detect x-rays after they pass through the subject and to provide signals based on the detected x-rays, and a data processing system in communication with the x-ray detection system to receive the signals from the x-ray detection system. The computed tomography system has a dynamic mode of operation and a scanning mode of operation. The data processing system extracts information concerning a dynamic process of the subject based on signals from both the dynamic mode and the scanning mode of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignees: The Johns Hopkins University, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Albert Clark Lardo, Richard T. George, Joao A. C. Lima, Eduardo T. Marban, Takashi Ichihara
  • COMBINED MULTI-DETECTOR CT ANGIOGRAPHY AND CT MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
    Publication number: 20110110488
    Abstract: A computed tomography system has a support stage constructed and arranged to support a subject while under observation, an x-ray illumination system arranged proximate the support stage to illuminate the subject with x-rays, an x-ray detection system arranged proximate the support stage to detect x-rays after they pass through the subject and to provide signals based on the detected x-rays, and a data processing system in communication with the x-ray detection system to receive the signals from the x-ray detection system. The computed tomography system has a dynamic mode of operation and a scanning mode of operation. The data processing system extracts information concerning a dynamic process of the subject based on signals from both the dynamic mode and the scanning mode of operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Albert Clark Lardo, Richard T. George, Joao A.C. Lima, Eduardo Marban