Patents by Inventor Cornelis Van Kuijk

Cornelis Van Kuijk 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).

  • Methods of and system for detection and tracking of osteoporosis
    Patent number: 8126249
    Abstract: A method and system for detection and tracking of osteoporosis is disclosed. A method of characterizing an image of a target vertebra includes building a computer model from a set of sample images of pathological and non-pathological variations of vertebrae representing variations in shape of the vertebrae. The method also includes receiving an image of a target vertebra of a subject and automatically estimating contours of lateral outlines of the superior and the inferior cortical endplates of the image. The parameters of the model are varied to determine a set that represents a model shape that approximates the estimated contours of the outlines of the cortical endplates. The method includes automatically characterizing the target vertebra based on the set of model parameters that are determined and outputting on a display device the characterization of the target vertebra.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Optasia Medical Limited
    Inventors: Alan Brett, Jane Haslam, Curtis Hayes, Joel Krasnow, Cornelis Van Kuijk, Colin Miller
  • Methods of and System for Detection and Tracking of Osteoporosis
    Publication number: 20090297012
    Abstract: A method and system for detection and tracking of osteoporosis is disclosed. A method of characterizing an image of a target vertebra includes building a computer model from a set of sample images of pathological and non-pathological variations of vertebrae representing variations in shape of the vertebrae. The method also includes receiving an image of a target vertebra of a subject and automatically estimating contours of lateral outlines of the superior and the inferior cortical endplates of the image. The parameters of the model are varied to determine a set that represents a model shape that approximates the estimated contours of the outlines of the cortical endplates. The method includes automatically characterizing the target vertebra based on the set of model parameters that are determined and outputting on a display device the characterization of the target vertebra.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Alan Brett, Jane Haslam, Curtis Hayes, Joel Krasnow, Cornelis Van Kuijk, Colin Miller