Patents by Inventor Christian Wachinger

Christian Wachinger 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).

  • Patent number: 8712186
    Abstract: A method of combining a first image of a first region and a second image of a second region, having an overlapping region therebetween. The method including determining a superposed image as a weighted superposition of the first image and the second image in the overlap region, transforming the first image and the second image on the basis of a comparison of at least one of the first image and the second image with the determined superposed image; determining a further superposed image from the transformed first image and the transformed second image; and generating an overall image from the further superposed image when at least one convergence criterion is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Benjamin Glocker, Nassir Navab, Christian Wachinger, Jochen Zeltner
  • Publication number: 20130315462
    Abstract: The invention relates to a use of a two-dimensional analytic signal in the field of sonography, whereby a sonography method is provided, comprising receiving of signals of reflected sound pulses from a sound source and processing of the received signals to generate an output signal, wherein the processing comprises calculating a two-dimensional analytic signal. A sonography apparatus and a sonography system based thereon are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventors: Christian Wachinger, Nassir Navab
  • Publication number: 20100067762
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for combining a first image and a second image of an examination object, which images have an overlap region. A corresponding magnetic resonance scanner is also disclosed. In at least one embodiment, a superposed image is determined in the overlap region as a weighted superposition of the first image and the second image with a spatially variable weighting function. The first image and the second image are transformed on the basis of a comparison of the first image and/or the second image with the superposed image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Benjamin Glocker, Nassir Navab, Christian Wachinger, Jochen Zeltner