Patents by Inventor Amy Lynn Horst

Amy Lynn Horst 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for truncation compensation
    Patent number: 7254259
    Abstract: A method includes calculating a sum of all samples at each projection view of a scan of an object, determining a maximum value of the calculated sums, averaging a plurality of samples m at a projection view index k when the sum of all samples at index k is less than a predetermined percentage of the maximum value, comparing the average to a threshold t, determining the projection truncated when the average is greater than t, and determining the projection not truncated when the average is not greater than t.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Jiang Hsieh, Brian Grekowicz, Edward Henry Chao, Scott Matt McOlash, Amy Lynn Horst
  • Methods and apparatus for truncation compensation
    Publication number: 20040073584
    Abstract: A method includes calculating a sum of all samples at each projection view of a scan of an object, determining a maximum value of the calculated sums, averaging a plurality of samples m at a projection view index k when the sum of all samples at index k is less than a predetermined percentage of the maximum value, comparing the average to a threshold t, determining the projection truncated when the average is greater than t, and determining the projection not truncated when the average is not greater than t.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Jiang Hsieh, Brian Grekowicz, Edward Henry Chao, Scott Matt McOlash, Amy Lynn Horst