Patents by Inventor Francesca Patruno

Francesca Patruno 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).

  • System and method for automated monitoring of fetal head descent during labor
    Patent number: 10478151
    Abstract: A method for automatically monitoring fetal head descent in a birth canal is presented. The method includes segmenting each image in one or more images into a plurality of neighborhood components, determining a cost function corresponding to each neighborhood component in the plurality of neighborhood components in each of the one or more images, identifying at least two structures of interest in each image in the one or more images based on the cost function, wherein the at least two structures of interest include a pubic ramus and a fetal head, measuring an angle of progression based on the at least two structures of interest, and determining the fetal head descent in the birth canal based on the angle of progression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Nitin Singhal, Kajoli Banerjee Krishnan, Christian Fritz Perrey, Klaus Pintoffl, Walter Duda, Jr., Francesca Patruno
  • Method and system for fetal visualization by computing and displaying an ultrasound measurement and graphical model
    Patent number: 10368833
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a system and method that provide fetal visualization. The method can include acquiring, by an ultrasound system, ultrasound data for a region of interest. The method may include computing, by a processor of the ultrasound system, a fetal measurement based on the acquired ultrasound data. The method can include generating, by the processor, a graphical model based on one or more of the fetal measurement and the acquired ultrasound data. The method may include displaying, at a display system, the computed fetal measurement and the generated graphical model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Francesca Patruno, Simon Scharinger, Klaus Pintoffl, Walter Duda, Jr., Karl-Heinz Lumpi, Lucienne van der Veen
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FETAL VISUALIZATION BY COMPUTING AND DISPLAYING AN ULTRASOUND MEASURMENT AND GRAPHICAL MODEL
    Publication number: 20160074006
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a system and method that provide fetal visualization. The method can include acquiring, by an ultrasound system, ultrasound data for a region of interest. The method may include computing, by a processor of the ultrasound system, a fetal measurement based on the acquired ultrasound data. The method can include generating, by the processor, a graphical model based on one or more of the fetal measurement and the acquired ultrasound data. The method may include displaying, at a display system, the computed fetal measurement and the generated graphical model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Francesca Patruno, Simon Scharinger, Klaus Pintoffl, Walter Duda, JR., Karl-Heinz Lumpi, Lucienne van der Veen
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED MONITORING OF FETAL HEAD DESCENT DURING LABOR
    Publication number: 20160045152
    Abstract: A method for automatically monitoring fetal head descent in a birth canal is presented. The method includes segmenting each image in one or more images into a plurality of neighborhood components, determining a cost function corresponding to each neighborhood component in the plurality of neighborhood components in each of the one or more images, identifying at least two structures of interest in each image in the one or more images based on the cost function, wherein the at least two structures of interest include a pubic ramus and a fetal head, measuring an angle of progression based on the at least two structures of interest, and determining the fetal head descent in the birth canal based on the angle of progression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Nitin Singhal, Kajoli Banerjee Krishnan, Christian Fritz Perrey, Klaus Pintoffl, Walter Duda, JR., Francesca Patruno