Patents by Inventor Clarisse Dromain

Clarisse Dromain 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).

  • Contrast-enhanced X-ray image guided biopsy system and method
    Patent number: 10398397
    Abstract: In the present invention, an imaging system and method for providing contrast-enhanced X-ray images of tissue includes an energy source in communication with a detector operable to generate radiological images of the tissue injected with the contrast agent, a display and a computer connected to the display and to receive the acquired images from the detector. The system is operable to acquire a number of first images of the contrast agent in the tissue, wherein the number of first images are single energy images, and a number of second images corresponding to the number of first images, wherein the second images are each a single energy image with an energy level opposite that for the first images. The first and second images are combined to generate a contrast-enhanced image with reduced exposure of the tissue and reduced time for completion of the procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Serge Louis Wilfrid Muller, Razvan Gabriel Iordache, Sylvie Saab-Puong, Ann-Katherine Carton, Clarisse Dromain
  • Contrast-Enhanced X-Ray Image Guided Biopsy System And Method
    Publication number: 20160183896
    Abstract: In the present invention, an imaging system and method for providing contrast-enhanced X-ray images of tissue includes an energy source in communication with a detector operable to generate radiological images of the tissue injected with the contrast agent, a display and a computer connected to the display and to receive the acquired images from the detector. The system is operable to acquire a number of first images of the contrast agent in the tissue, wherein the number of first images are single energy images, and a number of second images corresponding to the number of first images, wherein the second images are each a single energy image with an energy level opposite that for the first images. The first and second images are combined to generate a contrast-enhanced image with reduced exposure of the tissue and reduced time for completion of the procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Serge Louis Wilfrid Muller, Razvan Gabriel Iordache, Sylvie Saab-Puong, Ann-Katherine Carton, Clarisse Dromain