Patents by Inventor Arthur Johannes Hubertus Wachters

Arthur Johannes Hubertus Wachters 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 of and device for localizing a deviant region in a turbid medium
    Patent number: 6922582
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods of localizing a deviant region in a turbid medium. The invention also relates to devices for carrying out such methods. Said methods can possibly be used in optical mammography where a breast of a female body is examined by means of light. Said methods produce images in which any deviations, for example tumors, can be clearly recognized. This is achieved inter alia by providing markers (10) in an image (9) of the turbid medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V.
    Inventors: Martinus Bernardus Van Der Mark, Gert Wim 'T Hooft, Arthur Johannes Hubertus Wachters
  • Method of and device for localizing a deviant region in a turbid medium
    Publication number: 20040147039
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods of localizing a deviant region in a turbid medium. The invention also relates to devices for carrying out such methods. Said methods can possibly be used in optical mammography where a breast of a female body is examined by means of light. Said methods produce images in which any deviations, for example tumors, can be clearly recognized. This is achieved inter alia by providing markers (10) in an image (9) of the turbid medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Martinus Bernardus Van Der Mark, Gert Wim 'T Hooft, Arthur Johannes Hubertus Wachters
  • Method of and device for localizing a deviant region in a turbid medium
    Patent number: 6718195
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods of localizing a deviant region in a turbid medium. The invention also relates to devices for carrying out such methods. The methods can possibly be used in optical mammography where a breast of a female body is examined using light. Said methods produce images in which any deviations, for example tumors, can be clearly recognized. This is achieved inter alia by providing markers (10) in an image (9) of the turbid medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Martinus Bernardus Van Der Mark, Gert Wim 'T Hooft, Arthur Johannes Hubertus Wachters
  • Method of and device for localizing a deviant region in a turbid medium
    Publication number: 20010026848
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods of localizing a deviant region in a turbid medium. The invention also relates to devices for carrying out such methods. Said methods can possibly be used in optical mammography where a breast of a female body is examined by means of light. Said methods produce images in which any deviations, for example tumors, can be clearly recognized. This is achieved inter alia by providing markers (10) in an image (9) of the turbid medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2001
    Publication date: October 4, 2001
    Inventors: Martinus Bernardus Van Der Mark, Gert Wim 'T Hooft, Arthur Johannes Hubertus Wachters