Patents by Inventor Christian HOPFGARTNER

Christian HOPFGARTNER 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).

  • Publication number: 20220351833
    Abstract: At least one example embodiment provides a computer-implemented method for evaluating at least one image data set of an imaging region of a patient, wherein at least one evaluation information describing at least one medical condition in an anatomical structure of the imaging region is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Max SCHOEBINGER, Michael WELS, Chris SCHWEMMER, Mehmet Akif GULSUN, Serkan CIMEN, Felix LADES, Christian HOPFGARTNER, Suha AYMAN, Rumman KHAN, Ashish JAISWAL
  • Patent number: 10733787
    Abstract: A method for interactively generating a geometric model of a volume object on the basis of three-dimensional image data of an examination region of interest of an examination subject is described. According to an embodiment, a representation of the volume object is determined on the basis of three-dimensional image data and a two-dimensional representation is determined on the basis of the determined representation using a preferably non-linear planar reformation of the three-dimensional object. Subsequently, boundary indicators which define the surface profile of the volume object are edited in the two-dimensional representation. Following the editing, a three-dimensional representation of the edited boundary indicators is generated by back-transforming the edited boundary indicators into three-dimensional space. Finally, a model-based representation of the volume object is generated in three-dimensional space on the basis of the edited boundary indicators. A volume object modeling device is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Hopfgartner, Felix Lades, Chris Schwemmer, Michael Suehling, Michael Wels
  • Publication number: 20170270705
    Abstract: A method for interactively generating a geometric model of a volume object on the basis of three-dimensional image data of an examination region of interest of an examination subject is described. According to an embodiment, a representation of the volume object is determined on the basis of three-dimensional image data and a two-dimensional representation is determined on the basis of the determined representation using a preferably non-linear planar reformation of the three-dimensional object. Subsequently, boundary indicators which define the surface profile of the volume object are edited in the two-dimensional representation. Following the editing, a three-dimensional representation of the edited boundary indicators is generated by back-transforming the edited boundary indicators into three-dimensional space. Finally, a model-based representation of the volume object is generated in three-dimensional space on the basis of the edited boundary indicators. A volume object modeling device is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Christian HOPFGARTNER, Felix LADES, Chris SCHWEMMER, Michael SUEHLING, Michael WELS
  • Publication number: 20150104090
    Abstract: A method and a system are disclosed for interactively creating and/or modifying a hollow organ representation on the basis of medical-technical image data of a hollow organ. An embodiment of the method includes providing the medical-technical image data together with a hollow organ course line representing the course of the hollow organ; providing a plurality of contour representations of a contour of the hollow organ representation along the hollow organ course line; receiving a command input for the input and/or modification of a selected contour representation and/or of the hollow organ course line; locally modifying (H) the contour of the hollow organ representation on the basis of the command input, taking into consideration a number of contour representations adjacent to the selected contour representation on at least one side along the hollow organ course line, using an automatic interpolating sweep algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Christian HOPFGARTNER, Jan KRETSCHMER, Max SCHÖBINGER