Patents by Inventor Frank Hirschbeck

Frank Hirschbeck 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 for creating and running a software application for medical imaging
    Patent number: 8522208
    Abstract: An effective and user-friendly system is disclosed for creating and running a software application for medical imaging, having at least one framework which has a service layer and a superordinate toolkit layer as an application programming interface, wherein functions of the toolkit layer and of the service layer are grouped in each case in a number of components which are arranged strictly hierarchically in such a way that any component can only ever be accessed from a superordinate component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Karlheinz Dorn, Andrew John Hewett, Detlef Becker, Christian Spitzner, Antonius Ax, Norbert Dürbeck, Frank Hirschbeck, Dieter Krotz, Armin Michel, Artur Pusztai, Subrata Sinha
  • Automatic study linking for hybrid imaging
    Patent number: 8504588
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus are disclosed for automatically linking at least two medical studies which are associated to different acquisition modalities (CT/PET) and which are subject of post-processing in the context of hybrid imaging. In a preparation phase of at least one embodiment, there is defined a classification scheme according to pre-definable rules, conditions and attributes. In an execution phase for a selected source study of a first modality there is looked for at least one target study of a second modality of the same type according to the rules. Then, the source study is automatically linked to the at least one target study.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Frank Hirschbeck, Ehsanollah Mozaffarian
  • AUTOMATIC STUDY LINKING FOR HYBRID IMAGING
    Publication number: 20110208764
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus are disclosed for automatically linking at least two medical studies which are associated to different acquisition modalities (CT/PET) and which are subject of post-processing in the context of hybrid imaging. In a preparation phase of at least one embodiment, there is defined a classification scheme according to pre-definable rules, conditions and attributes. In an execution phase for a selected source study of a first modality there is looked for at least one target study of a second modality of the same type according to the rules. Then, the source study is automatically linked to the at least one target study.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Frank Hirschbeck, Ehsanollah Mozaffarian
  • System for creating and running a software application for medical imaging
    Publication number: 20080082966
    Abstract: An effective and user-friendly system is disclosed for creating and running a software application for medical imaging, having at least one framework which has a service layer and a superordinate toolkit layer as an application programming interface, wherein functions of the toolkit layer and of the service layer are grouped in each case in a number of components which are arranged strictly hierarchically in such a way that any component can only ever be accessed from a superordinate component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Inventors: Karlheinz Dorn, Andrew John Hewett, Detlef Becker, Christian Spitzner, Antonius Ax, Norbert Durbeck, Frank Hirschbeck, Dieter Krotz, Armin Michel, Artur Pusztai, Subrata Sinha