Patents by Inventor Fabien BALDACCI

Fabien BALDACCI 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 for geometrical characterisation of the airways of a lung by MRI
    Patent number: 11361429
    Abstract: An MRI method is disclosed for the geometrical characterisation of pulmonary airways on the basis of a first tridimensional image of at least one bronchus of a bronchial tree and includes: acquiring a first MRI image, an MRI sequence being synchronised with a respiratory frequency; filtering the first image; segmenting a portion of the filtered image including the contours of the bronchial tree and its inner volumetric portion; estimating at least one plane of cut of a bronchus; generating at least one image slice of a bronchus; estimating, for each image slice, an area contained within the bronchial wall and/or a bronchial wall thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignees: UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX, L'INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE BORDEAUX, CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE BORDEAUX, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE
    Inventors: Gael Dournes, Fabien Baldacci, François Laurent, Patrick Berger
  • METHOD FOR GEOMETRICAL CHARACTERISATION OF THE AIRWAYS OF A LUNG BY MRI
    Publication number: 20190172202
    Abstract: An MRI method is disclosed for the geometrical characterisation of pulmonary airways on the basis of a first tridimensional image of at least one bronchus of a bronchial tree and includes: acquiring a first MRI image, an MRI sequence being synchronised with a respiratory frequency; filtering the first image; segmenting a portion of the filtered image including the contours of the bronchial tree and its inner volumetric portion; estimating at least one plane of cut of a bronchus; generating at least one image slice of a bronchus; estimating, for each image slice, an area contained within the bronchial wall and/or a bronchial wall thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Gael DOURNES, Fabien BALDACCI, François LAURENT, Patrick BERGER