Patents by Inventor Bob Webster

Bob Webster 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 processing real-time contrast enhanced ultrasonic images
    Patent number: 5743266
    Abstract: The present invention is a novel method for producing real-time colorized, contrast enhanced images from a sequence of grey-scale video images obtained during diagnostic ultrasound. The particular colorizing scheme varies according to which information parameter is desired to be displayed in real-time. The information parameters used to colorize a segment of video images include: time-to-arrival, duration of brightening, and absolute brightening. Time-to-arrival colorization depicts the time that a given pixel achieves a given intensity threshold. Duration of brightening depicts the time that a given pixel's intensity stays above a given threshold. Absolute brightening depicts various threshold values obtained by the region's pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Molecular Biosystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Harold Levene, Bob Webster