Patents by Inventor Alfred K. LOUIS

Alfred K. LOUIS 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: 10134156
    Abstract: In a method and an evaluation device for the evaluation of projection data of an object being examined, which are determined along a trajectory in a multiplicity of projection positions relative to a co-ordinate origin, a particular trajectory function is determined for the projection positions, for each of a multiplicity of positions from a reconstruction region of dimension n by establishing an offset (d) and a direction vector at the co-ordinate origin, establishing a hyperplane of dimension n?1 which runs perpendicular to the direction vector and has an offset to the co-ordinate origin, establishing a number of intersection points where the hyperplane intersects the trajectory, establishing a derivative vector of the trajectory according to its trajectory path and calculating the derivative vector in the projection position, and establishing an absolute value of a scalar product between the derivative vector and the position and dividing the absolute value by the number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignees: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Universität des Saarlandes
    Inventors: Steven Oeckl, Alfred K. Louis, Tobias Schön
  • Publication number: 20170323461
    Abstract: In a method and an evaluation device for the evaluation of projection data of an object being examined, which are determined along a trajectory in a multiplicity of projection positions relative to a co-ordinate origin, a particular trajectory function is determined for the projection positions, for each of a multiplicity of positions from a reconstruction region of dimension n by establishing an offset (d) and a direction vector at the co-ordinate origin, establishing a hyperplane of dimension n?1 which runs perpendicular to the direction vector and has an offset to the co-ordinate origin, establishing a number of intersection points where the hyperplane intersects the trajectory, establishing a derivative vector of the trajectory according to its trajectory path and calculating the derivative vector in the projection position, and establishing an absolute value of a scalar product between the derivative vector and the position and dividing the absolute value by the number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gessellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Steven OECKL, Alfred K. LOUIS, Tobias SCHÖN