Patents by Inventor Allen Dutton

Allen Dutton 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).

  • Systems and methods providing automated decision support and medical imaging
    Patent number: 7672491
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for processing a medical image to automatically identify the anatomy and view (or pose) from the medical image and automatically assess the diagnostic quality of the medical image. In one aspect a method for automated decision support for medical imaging includes obtaining image data, extracting feature data from the image data, and automatically performing anatomy identification, view identification and/or determining a diagnostic quality of the image data, using the extracted feature data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Sriram Krishnan, Dorin Comaniciu, Xiang Sean Zhou, Michael G. Cannon, Allen Dutton
  • Systems and methods providing automated decision support for medical imaging
    Publication number: 20050251013
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for processing a medical image to automatically identify the anatomy and view (or pose) from the medical image and automatically assess the diagnostic quality of the medical image. In one aspect a method for automated decision support for medical imaging includes obtaining image data, extracting feature data from the image data, and automatically performing anatomy identification, view identification and/or determining a diagnostic quality of the image data, using the extracted feature data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Inventors: Sriram Krishnan, Dorin Comaniciu, Xiang Zhou, Michael Cannon, Allen Dutton