Patents by Inventor Esmeraldo R. Davantes

Esmeraldo R. Davantes 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).

  • Method and apparatus for motion-free cardiac CT imaging
    Patent number: 6252924
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating CT images of a moving body part using a CT imaging system. The method includes steps of: scanning a portion of a patient's body including the moving body part utilizing the CT imaging system; collecting image data representative of a sequence of images of the scanned portion of the patient's body; selecting a fixed reference point in images represented by the image data; and selecting at least one image from the sequence of images according to a function of relative positions of the moving body part and the fixed reference point in the sequence of images. A CT scanner or a workstation is configured as an apparatus to implement the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Esmeraldo R. Davantes, Mark E. Woodford