Patents by Inventor Alexis Vapillon

Alexis Vapillon 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).

  • Method for automatic segmentation of medical images
    Patent number: 6754376
    Abstract: An method for automatically extracting a three-dimensional sub-structure, for example a coronary vessel tree, from a plurality of slice images comprises the steps of depositing a seed point within a selected region of interest and segmenting the plurality of slice images responsive to the deposition of the seed point. The segmentation is performed in accordance with a plurality of predetermined classification values to extract the three-dimensional sub-structure. A method for automatically segmenting comprises the steps of receiving a deposited seed point, extracting a plurality of desired regions within the sub-structure and generating a segmented sub-structure from the extracted desired regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Matthew William Turek, Jerome Francois Knoplioch, Alexis Vapillon