Patents by Inventor Cybele Ciofolo

Cybele Ciofolo 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: 7289654
    Abstract: A method and computer program and device for evaluation of the radiographic image quality of a phantom containing cells with two visualizable objects in which: the coordinates of each phantom cell are determined on each phantom image; for each phantom cell containing at least two objects: a level of a radiographic reference signal is calculated in an area of reference at right angles with the first object whose position in the cell is known; for each area of the cell capable of containing the other object: a search area formed by a set of pixels is defined; for each pixel of the search area: a signal sample is extracted in an area of interest centered on the pixel and of the same size as the reference area; a logarithmic probability function is calculated between the sample and the reference signal, the probability function corresponding to a mathematical observer; a surface parameter of the set of probability values thus obtained is calculated; the area of interest whose surface has a peak is selected as are
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Serge Muller, Guillaume Peter, Cybéle Ciofolo
  • Publication number: 20040202359
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method of evaluation of the radiographic image quality of a phantom containing cells with two visualizable objects, characterized in that it involves stages in which:—the coordinates of each phantom cell are determined on each phantom image;—for each phantom cell containing at least two objects:—a level of a radiographic reference signal is calculated in an area of reference at right angles with the first object whose position in the cell is known;—for each area of the cell capable of containing the other object:—a search area formed by a set of pixels is defined;—for each pixel of the search area:—a signal sample is extracted in an area of interest centered on the pixel and of the same size as the reference area;—a logarithmic probability function is calculated between the sample and the reference signal, the probability function corresponding to a mathematical observer;—a surface parameter of the set of probability values thus ob
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Serge Muller, Guillaume Peter, Cybele Ciofolo