Patents by Inventor Dominique Bertrand
Dominique Bertrand 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).
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Patent number: 11903770Abstract: The present invention relates to a medical imaging apparatus. The apparatus comprises an ultrasound acquisition unit including an ultrasound probe for acquiring ultrasound image data of a patient. An image data interface is provided for receiving 3D medical image data of the patient and a position determining unit for determining a position of the ultrasound probe. A calibration unit determines a transfer function between the ultrasound image data and the 3D medical image data at a plurality of positions (C) of the ultrasound probe and provides a corresponding plurality of calibrated transfer functions and calibration positions. A computation unit synchronizes the ultrasound image data and the 3D medical image data on the basis of a position of the ultrasound probe and the plurality of calibrated transfer functions, said computation unit is further adapted to weight the calibrated transfer functions on the basis of a position of the ultrasound probe.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Cecile Dufour, Benoit Jean-Dominique Bertrand Maurice Mory, Thomas Shu Yin Tang
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Publication number: 20240019980Abstract: The present invention relates to controlling a 2D application in a mixed reality application. In order to provide further simplification in terms of operating devices and equipment for the medical personnel, a device (10) for controlling a 2D application in a mixed reality application is provided. The device comprises a 2D application interface (12), a processor (14), a mixed reality application interface (16) and a control interface (18). The 2D application interface receives data representative of a 2D application. The application comprises interactive elements providing commands for user control of the 2D application. The processor identifies and extracts the interactive elements based on the data representative of the 2D application. The processor also translates the interactive elements to user interface features of a mixed reality display application.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2021Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: PHILIP JOSEPH KEENAN, MOLLY LARA FLEXMAN, BENOIT JEAN-DOMINIQUE BERTRAND MAURICE MORY, ASHISH SATTYAVRAT PANSE, PENELOPE EUGENIA WEBB, ROMAN WICKY VAN DOYER
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Patent number: 11866373Abstract: A method for coating fibers, includes desizing sized short fibers having an average length less than or equal to 5 mm, the short fibers being made of ceramic material or carbon, sieving the desized short fibers in order to separate them from any agglomerates of sized short fibers still present, introducing the desized and sieved short fibers into a reactor, and coating the short fibers in the reactor by chemical vapor deposition in a fluidized bed.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, SAFRAN CERAMICS, UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUXInventors: Arnaud Delehouze, Eric Bouillon, Amine El Mansouri, Nathalie Dominique Bertrand, Alain Jean-Michel Guette
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Publication number: 20230377246Abstract: In some examples, tissue types in B-mode images may be differentiated by multiparameter imaging and/or other segmentation techniques. The tissue types may be used to assign material properties to voxels of the B-mode image, such as color, translucency, and reflectivity. The material properties may be used to generate a rendered image. In some examples, one or more of the material properties assigned to the voxels may correspond to values of tissue parameters acquired during multiparameter imaging. The rendered image may include data based on both the B-mode image and the multiparameter imaging.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2021Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Jean-Luc Francois-Marie Robert, Francois Guy Gerard Marie Vignon, Benoit Jean-Dominique Bertrand Maurice Mory
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Patent number: 11816838Abstract: An image processing apparatus (10) is disclosed that comprises a processor arrangement (16) adapted to receive image data corresponding to a region of interest (1) of a patients cardiovascular system, said image data comprising a temporal sequence (15) of intravascular ultrasound images acquired (150) at different phases of at least one cardiac cycle of said patient, said intravascular ultrasound images imaging overlapping volumes of the patient's cardiovascular system; implement a spatial reordering process of said temporal sequence of intravascular ultrasound images by evaluating the image data to select at least one spatial reference (6, Vref) associated with said temporal sequence of intravascular ultrasound images; estimating a distance to the at least one spatial reference for each of the intravascular ultrasound images of said temporal sequence; and reordering said temporal sequence of intravascular ultrasound images into a spatial sequence of intravascular ultrasound images based on the estimated distType: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Vincent Maurice André Auvray, Raoul Florent, Antoine Collet-Billon, Benoit Jean-Dominique Bertrand Maurice Mory
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Patent number: 11802336Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for fluidised-bed chemical vapour deposition from a gaseous phase allowing the temperature of the fluidised bed to be stabilised during the deposition and also to an associated method for its implementation, the apparatus being characterised in that it comprises a porous thermal insulator present in an inlet zone and configured to be passed through by the gaseous phase, said porous thermal insulator having an effective thermal conductivity at 20° C. less than or equal to 3.5 W·m-1·K-1.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignees: SAFRAN CERAMIC, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUXInventors: Amine El Mansouri, Nathalie Dominique Bertrand, Sébastien Couthures, Alain Jean-Michel Guette
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Publication number: 20230316642Abstract: In some examples, two dimensional (2D) datasets, such as images, may be transformed into three dimensional (3D) datasets (e.g., volumes). The values and material properties of voxels of the 3D dataset may be based, at least in part, on values of pixels in the 2D dataset. A 3D scene of the 3D dataset may be rendered from a plane parallel to a plane of the 2D dataset to generate a “top-down” render that may look like a 2D image. In some examples, additional coloring may be added to the rendered 2D image based on intensity or other properties of the 2D dataset.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2021Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Benoit Jean-Dominique Bertrand Maurice Mory, Francois Guy Gerard Marie Vignon, Emmanuel Mocé Serge Attia, Jean-Michel Rouet, Maxim Fradkin
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Publication number: 20230227368Abstract: A method for coating fibers, includes desizing sized short fibers having an average length less than or equal to 5 mm, the short fibers being made of ceramic material or carbon, sieving the desized short fibers in order to separate them from any agglomerates of sized short fibers still present, introducing the desized and sieved short fibers into a reactor, and coating the short fibers in the reactor by chemical vapor deposition in a fluidized bed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2021Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Arnaud DELEHOUZE, Eric BOUILLON, Amine EL MANSOURI, Nathalie Dominique BERTRAND, Alain Jean-Michel GUETTE
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Publication number: 20230193459Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for fluidised-bed chemical vapour deposition from a gaseous phase allowing the temperature of the fluidised bed to be stabilised during the deposition and also to an associated method for its implementation, the apparatus being characterised in that it comprises a porous thermal insulator present in an inlet zone and configured to be passed through by the gaseous phase, said porous thermal insulator having an effective thermal conductivity at 20° C. less than or equal to 3.5 W·m-1·K-1.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicants: SAFRAN CERAMICS, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUXInventors: Amine EL MANSOURI, Nathalie Dominique BERTRAND, Sébastien COUTHURES, Alain Jean-Michel GUETTE
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Publication number: 20230174431Abstract: A method for coating fibres includes coating short fibres having an average length less than or equal to 5 mm by chemical vapour deposition in a fluidised bed, the short fibres treated being made of ceramic material or carbon and being mixed with spacer particles distinct from the short fibres, the spacer particles having an average diameter greater than or equal to 20 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2021Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Arnaud DELEHOUZE, Eric BOUILLON, Nathalie Dominique BERTRAND, Alain Jean-Michel GUETTE, Armine EL MANSOURI
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Publication number: 20230070102Abstract: In some examples, one or more three dimensional (3D) objects may be rendered in relation to a two dimensional (2D) imaging slice. The 3D object may be rendered such that the 3D object casts a colored shadow on the 2D imaging slice. In some examples, the 3D object may be rendered in colors where different colors indicate a distance from the portion of the 3D object from the 2D imaging slice.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: Benoit Jean-Dominique Bertrand Maurice Mory, Emmanuel Mocé Serge Attia, Jean Michel Rouet, Cybele Ciofolo-Veit, Antoine Olivier, Vipul Shrihari Pai Raikar, Kunal Vaidya
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Publication number: 20230074481Abstract: An end effector state estimation system for use in minimally invasive surgery (MIS) applications performs sensing and prediction algorithms to determine and visualize the state of an implantable therapeutic device during deployment. The end effector state estimation system includes a flexible elongate member, a therapeutic device coupled to a distal portion of the flexible elongate member, a sensor that measures at least one parameter related to the deployment state of the therapeutic device, and a processor. The processor receives image data from an imaging system representative of the therapeutic device positioned within the body cavity of the patient and the at least one parameter from the sensor, determines the deployment state of the therapeutic device based on the image data and the at least one parameter, outputs a graphical representation of the deployment state of the therapeutic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: Vipul Shrihari Pai Raikar, Maxim Fradkin, Benoit Jean-Dominique Bertrand Maurice Mory, Kunal Vaidya, Sibo Li, Grzegorz Andrzej Toporek
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Patent number: 11386606Abstract: The present disclosure describes a medical imaging and/or visualization system and method that provide a user interface enabling a user to visualize (e.g., via a volume rendering) a three dimensional (3D) dataset, manipulate the rendered volume to select a slice plane, and generate a diagnostic image at the selected slice plane, which is enhanced by depth colorized background information. The depth colorization of the background image is produced by blending, preferably based on the depth of structures in the volume, two differently colorized volume renderings, and then fusing the background image with a foreground diagnostic image to produce the enhanced diagnostic image.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Benoit Jean-Dominique Bertrand Maurice Mory, Emmanuel Moce Serge Attia, Jean-Michel Rouet
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Patent number: 11337677Abstract: An ultrasound image processing apparatus (200) is disclosed for obtaining a biometric measurement of an anatomical feature of interest from a 3D ultrasound image.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2018Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Emmanuel Mocé Serge Attia, Cristian Lorenz, David Nigel Roundhill, Alasdair Dow, Benoit Jean-Dominique Bertrand Maurice Mory
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Publication number: 20220005258Abstract: The present disclosure describes a medical imaging and/or visualization system and method that provide a user interface enabling a user to visualize (e.g., via a volume rendering) a three dimensional (3D) dataset, manipulate the rendered volume to select a slice plane, and generate a diagnostic image at the selected slice plane, which is enhanced by depth colorized background information. The depth colorization of the background image is produced by blending, preferably based on the depth of structures in the volume, two differently colorized volume renderings, and then fusing the background image with a foreground diagnostic image to produce the enhanced diagnostic image.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2019Publication date: January 6, 2022Inventors: BENOIT JEAN-DOMINIQUE BERTRAND MAURICE MORY, EMMANUEL MOCE SERGE ATTIA, JEAN-MICHEL ROUET
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Publication number: 20210390698Abstract: An image processing apparatus (10) is disclosed that comprises a processor arrangement (16) adapted to receive image data corresponding to a region of interest (1) of a patients cardiovascular system, said image data comprising a temporal sequence (15) of intravascular ultrasound images acquired (150) at different phases of at least one cardiac cycle of said patient, said intravascular ultrasound images imaging overlapping volumes of the patients cardiovascular system; implement a spatial reordering process of said temporal sequence of intravascular ultrasound images by evaluating the image data to select at least one spatial reference (6, Vref) associated with said temporal sequence of intravascular ultrasound images; estimating a distance to the at least one spatial reference for each of the intravascular ultrasound images of said temporal sequence; and reordering said temporal sequence of intravascular ultrasound images into a spatial sequence of intravascular ultrasound images based on the estimated distaType: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2019Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventors: Vincent Maurice André AUVRAY, Raoul FLORENT, Antoine COLLET-BILLON, Benoit Jean-Dominique Bertrand Maurice MORY
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Patent number: 11055899Abstract: The present disclosure describes a medical imaging and visualization system that provides a user interface enabling a user to visualize a volume rendering of a three dimensional (3D) data set and to manipulate the volume rendering to dynamically select a MPR plane of the 3D data set for generating a B-mode image at the dynamically selected MPR plane. In some examples, the 3D data set is rendered as a 2D projection of the volume and a user control enables the user to dynamically move the location of the MPR plane while the display updates the rendering of the volume to indicate the current location of the MPR plane and/or corresponding B-mode image.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2017Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: David Nigel Roundhill, Benoit Jean-Dominique Bertrand Maurice Mory, Emmanuel Mocé Serge Attia-Gani, Jean-Michel Rouet
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Publication number: 20210015465Abstract: The present invention relates to a medical imaging apparatus. The apparatus comprises an ultrasound acquisition unit including an ultrasound probe for acquiring ultrasound image data of a patient. An image data interface is provided for receiving 3D medical image data of the patient and a position determining unit for determining a position of the ultrasound probe. A calibration unit determines a transfer function between the ultrasound image data and the 3D medical image data at a plurality of positions (C) of the ultrasound probe and provides a corresponding plurality of calibrated transfer functions and calibration positions. A computation unit synchronizes the ultrasound image data and the 3D medical image data on the basis of a position of the ultrasound probe and the plurality of calibrated transfer functions, said computation unit is further adapted to weight the calibrated transfer functions on the basis of a position of the ultrasound probe.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: CECILE DUFOUR, BENOIT JEAN-DOMINIQUE BERTRAND MAURICE MORY, THOMAS SHU YIN TANG
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Patent number: 10896538Abstract: The present disclosure describes an image rendering technique that provides a simulated light source positioned within a three dimensional (3D) data set for rendering two dimensional projection images of the 3D data set. The simulated light source may be positioned anywhere inside or outside the 3D data set, including within a region of interest. The simulated light source may be a multidirectional light source. A user may select a position of the simulated light source via a user interface. A user may select an in-plane position of the simulated light source and an image processor and/or volume renderer may automatically calculate a depth position to maintain a distance between the simulated light source and a surface of a region of interest in the 3D data set.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Benoit Jean-Dominique Bertrand Maurice Mory, Emmanuel Mocé Serge Attia, Jean-Michel Rouet
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Patent number: 10828014Abstract: The present invention relates to a medical imaging apparatus (10). The apparatus comprises an ultrasound acquisition unit including an ultrasound probe (14) for acquiring ultrasound image data of a patient (12). An image data interface (18) is provided for receiving 3D medical image data of the patient and a position determining unit (28) for determining a position of the ultrasound probe. A calibration unit (24) determines a transfer function between the ultrasound image data and the 3D medical image data at a plurality of positions (C) of the ultrasound probe and provides a corresponding plurality of calibrated transfer functions and calibration positions. A computation unit (26) synchronizes the ultrasound image data and the 3D medical image data on the basis of a position of the ultrasound probe and the plurality of calibrated transfer functions, said computation unit is further adapted to weight the calibrated transfer functions on the basis of a position of the ultrasound probe.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2016Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Cecile Dufour, Benoit Jean-Dominique Bertrand Maurice Mory, Thomas Shu Yin Tang