Patents by Inventor Erik Martinus H.P. Van Dijk

Erik Martinus H.P. Van Dijk 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: 8995733
    Abstract: A method for use in biology, histology, and pathology includes providing a digital first image of a first slice of an object having biological material; generating a digital second image of a second slice of the object; determining a region of interest in the second image based on a region of interest in the first image; determining a region of interest in the second slice based on the region of interest in the second image; and extracting material from the region of interest in the second slice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Erik Martinus H. P. Van Dijk, Sjoerd Stallinga
  • Publication number: 20120045790
    Abstract: In a first aspect, a method for use in biology, histology, and pathology, comprises: providing a digital first image (44) of a first slice (12) of an object (10) comprising biological material; generating a digital second image (46) of a second slice (14) of the object; determining a region of interest (50) in the second image on the basis of a region of interest (48) in the first image; determining a region of interest in the second slice on the basis of the region of interest (50) in the second image; and extracting material from the region of interest in the second slice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Erik Martinus H.P. Van Dijk, Sjoerd Stallinga