Patents by Inventor Chi-jun Weon

Chi-jun Weon 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 and apparatus for medical image registration
    Patent number: 9563949
    Abstract: A method of medical image registration includes obtaining a first medical image generated before a medical surgery; obtaining a second medical image generated in real time during the medical surgery; extracting landmark points of at least two adjacent anatomical objects recognizable in the second medical image among a plurality of anatomical objects near an organ of interest of a patient from the first medical image and the second medical image; and registering the first medical image and the second medical image based on a geometrical correlation among the adjacent anatomical objects indicated by the landmark points of the first medical image and a geometrical correlation among the adjacent anatomical objects indicated by the landmark points of the second medical image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Young-kyoo Hwang, Jung-bae Kim, Won-chul Bang, Do-kyoon Kim, Jong-beom Ra, Woo-hyun Nam, Chi-jun Weon
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEDICAL IMAGE REGISTRATION
    Publication number: 20140072196
    Abstract: A method of medical image registration includes obtaining a first medical image generated before a medical surgery; obtaining a second medical image generated in real time during the medical surgery; extracting landmark points of at least two adjacent anatomical objects recognizable in the second medical image among a plurality of anatomical objects near an organ of interest of a patient from the first medical image and the second medical image; and registering the first medical image and the second medical image based on a geometrical correlation among the adjacent anatomical objects indicated by the landmark points of the first medical image and a geometrical correlation among the adjacent anatomical objects indicated by the landmark points of the second medical image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventors: Young-kyoo Hwang, Jung-bae Kim, Won-chul Bang, Do-kyoon Kim, Jong-beom Ra, Woo-hyun Nam, Chi-jun Weon