Patents by Inventor Cyrille Villet

Cyrille Villet 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).

  • Ultrasonic diagnostic micro-vascular imaging
    Patent number: 6676606
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are described for ultrasonically imaging tiny blood vessels with the aid of a contrast agent. The locations of microbubbles of the contrast agent are detected in a series of images as the microbubbles move through the blood vessels. These images are temporally processed to identify the moving microbubbles, and persistence processed to depict images which show the tracks followed by the microbubbles through the blood vessels. A maximum intensity persistence can be used to show the steady buildup of microbubble tracks through the vasculature, or a slow decay employed so that the tracks will fade to black over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: David Hope Simpson, Jeffry E. Powers, Michael Schauf, Cyrille Villet
  • Ultrasonic diagnostic micro-vascular imaging
    Publication number: 20030229285
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are described for ultrasonically imaging tiny blood vessels with the aid of a contrast agent. The locations of microbubbles of the contrast agent are detected in a series of images as the microbubbles move through the blood vessels. These images are temporally processed to identify the moving microbubbles, and persistence processed to depict images which show the tracks followed by the microbubbles through the blood vessels. A maximum intensity persistence can be used to show the steady buildup of microbubble tracks through the vasculature, or a slow decay employed so that the tracks will fade to black over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Inventors: David Hope Simpson, Jeffry E. Powers, Michael Schauf, Cyrille Villet